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Porifera name details

Aka nodosa (Hancock, 1849)

166920 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:166920)

 unaccepted (Junior synonymy with insect genus Aka White, 1879. Reverting to next available name.)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Cliona nodosa Hancock, 1849) Hancock, A. (1849). On the Excavating Powers of certain Sponges belonging to the genus <i>Cliona</i> with descriptions of several new Species,and an allied generic form. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (2)3(17): 321-348, pls XII-XV., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16085612
page(s): 344-345 [details] OpenAccess publication
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. Aka nodosa (Hancock, 1849). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=166920 on 2026-07-11
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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z
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2008-03-08 15:57:44Z
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original description (of Cliona nodosa Hancock, 1849) Hancock, A. (1849). On the Excavating Powers of certain Sponges belonging to the genus <i>Cliona</i> with descriptions of several new Species,and an allied generic form. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (2)3(17): 321-348, pls XII-XV., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16085612
page(s): 344-345 [details] OpenAccess publication

new combination reference Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1936). A comparison of the shallow-water sponges near the Pacific end of the Panama Canal with those at the Caribbean end. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 83 (2993): 441-466., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.83-2993.441
page(s): 155 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]


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