WoRMS taxon details
Spongia albescens Rafinesque, 1818
AphiaID: 431818
AphiaID: 431818
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Dictyoceratida (Order) > Spongiidae (Family) > Spongia (Genus) |
| Status |  unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym) | |||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||
| Accepted name | Halichondria (Halichondria) panicea (Pallas, 1766) | |||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||
| Parent | Spongia Linnaeus, 1759 | |||||||
| Source |
original description: Rafinesque, C.S. 1818c. Descriptions of species of sponges observed on the shores of Long Island. American Journal of Science and Arts 1: 149-151. [details] [full text]
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| Environment | marine, | |||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | |||||||
| Distribution | United States part of the North Atlantic Ocean [details] | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:431818 | |||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Spongia albescens Rafinesque, 1818. 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=431818 on 2013-05-23 | ||||||||
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