original descriptionBowerbank, J.S. (1866). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 2. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-388. , available online athttps://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1905089 page(s): 208-209 [details]
additional sourceBowerbank, J.S. (1874). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 3. (Ray Society: London): i-xvii, 1-367, pls I-XCII., available online athttps://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1871265 page(s): 93, Pl. XXXVII 1-3; note: illustration of the type-specimen [details]
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