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Porifera taxon details

Placospherastra van Soest, 2009

395064  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:395064)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Porifera (Phylum)
  4. Demospongiae (Class)
  5. Heteroscleromorpha (Subclass)
  6. Clionaida (Order)
  7. Placospongiidae (Family)
  8. Placospherastra (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Placospherastra antillensis van Soest, 2009 (type by original designation)

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marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Van Soest, R.W.M. (2009). New sciophilous sponges from the Caribbean (Porifera: Demospongiae). <i>Zootaxa</i>. 2107: 1–40. [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Holotype  ZMA Por. 08973, geounit Antilles Sea  
Holotype ZMA Por. 08973, geounit Antilles Sea [details]
de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2024). World Porifera Database. Placospherastra van Soest, 2009. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=395064 on 2024-04-23
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2009-05-18 18:02:59Z
created
van Soest, Rob W.M.
2017-10-13 14:08:33Z
changed
van Soest, Rob W.M.

original description Van Soest, R.W.M. (2009). New sciophilous sponges from the Caribbean (Porifera: Demospongiae). <i>Zootaxa</i>. 2107: 1–40. [details]  OpenAccess publication 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype ZMA Por. 08973, geounit Antilles Sea [details]
From other sources
Placospherastra antillensis, 50-110 m Flower Garden Banks, Gulf of Mexico. Photograph courtesy of NOAA-FGBNMS/UNCW-UVP. Identifications by C. Savarese and K. Ruetzler. For more information see: http://flowergarden.noaa.gov/document_library/scidocs/spongeposter.pdf 
Image from typetaxon
Placospherastra antillensis, 50-110 m Flower Garden Banks, Gulf of Mexico. Photograph courtesy of NOAA-FGBNMS/UNCW-UVP. Identifications by C. Savarese and K. Ruetzler. For more information see: http://flowergarden.noaa.gov/document_library/scidocs/spongeposter.pdf 
Image from typetaxon
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