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Porifera name details
Petromica tubulata
(Kirkpatrick, 1903)
AphiaID
387362
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:387362)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
(Kingdom)
Porifera
(Phylum)
Demospongiae
(Class)
Heteroscleromorpha
(Subclass)
Vilesida
(Order)
Petromicidae
(Family)
Petromica
(Genus)
Petromica tubulata
(Species)
Status
alternative representation
(subgenus assignment)
Accepted name
Petromica (Petromica) tubulata
(Kirkpatrick, 1903)
Rank
Species
Parent
Petromica
Topsent, 1898
Original name
Monanthus plumosus var. tubulatus
Kirkpatrick, 1903
Environment
marine,
brackish
,
fresh
,
terrestrial
Fossil range
recent only
Original description
(of
Monanthus plumosus var. tubulatus
Kirkpatrick, 1903
)
Kirkpatrick, R. (1903). Descriptions of South African Sponges. Part II. <em>Marine Investigations in South Africa.</em> 2 (14): 171-180, pl. IV.
,
available online at
https://doi.org/10.5962/p.366557
page(s): 177, fig. 6
[details]
Taxonomic citation
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. (2025). World Porifera Database.
Petromica tubulata
(Kirkpatrick, 1903). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=387362 on 2026-07-10
Taxonomic edit history
Date
action
by
2009-03-30 10:28:24Z
created
van Soest, Rob W.M.
2018-08-21 07:28:52Z
changed
Boury-Esnault, Nicole
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Sources (1)
original description
(of
Monanthus plumosus var. tubulatus
Kirkpatrick, 1903
)
Kirkpatrick, R. (1903). Descriptions of South African Sponges. Part II. <em>Marine Investigations in South Africa.</em> 2 (14): 171-180, pl. IV.
,
available online at
https://doi.org/10.5962/p.366557
page(s): 177, fig. 6
[details]
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