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Euspongia officinalis (Linnaeus, 1759) 
AphiaID: 194718

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Dictyoceratida (Order) > Spongiidae (Family) > Euspongia (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (genus transfer)
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status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Spongia (Spongia) officinalis Linnaeus, 1759
Rank Species
Parent Euspongia Bronn, 1859 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) Linnaeus, 1759
Source  original description: Linnaeus, C. (1759). Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus II. Editio decima, reformata. - pp. [1-4], 825-1384. Holmiæ. (L. Salvii). [details] [full text]

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Variety Euspongia officinalis var. cavernosa Ridley, 1884 accepted as Hippospongia fistulosa Lendenfeld, 1889
Variety Euspongia officinalis var. dura Lendenfeld, 1889 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) lignea Hyatt, 1877
Variety Euspongia officinalis var. exigua Schulze, 1879 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) officinalis var. exigua (Schulze, 1879)
Variety Euspongia officinalis var. irregularis Schulze, 1879 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) officinalis var. irregularis (Schulze, 1879)
Variety Euspongia officinalis var. lamella Schulze, 1879 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) lamella (Schulze, 1879)
Variety Euspongia officinalis var. lobosa Poléjaeff, 1884 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) lobosa (Polejaeff, 1884)
Variety Euspongia officinalis var. perforata Lendenfeld, 1889 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) perforata (Lendenfeld, 1889)
Variety Euspongia officinalis var. spinosa Lendenfeld, 1888 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) spinosa (Lendenfeld, 1888)
Variety Euspongia officinalis var. tubulosa Schulze, 1879 accepted as Spongia (Spongia) officinalis Linnaeus, 1759
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Cape Verde [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (132 publications)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection
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Euspongia officinalis
Euspongia officinalis
added on 2008-11-09 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: checked by Boury-Esnault, Nicole on 2012-12-06 17:14:11
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:194718
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-12-17 18:39:48Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2007-01-14 16:18:44Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Euspongia officinalis (Linnaeus, 1759). In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M. (2013) World Porifera database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=194718 on 2013-05-20
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