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Porifera name details
original description
Carter, H.J. (1881). History and Classification of the known Species of <i>Spongilla</i>. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 7(38): 77-107,pls V-VI. [details] 
basis of record
Pinheiro, U.S.; Nicacio, G. (2012). Resurrection and redefinition of the genus <i>Tubella</i> (Porifera: Spongillidae) with a worldwide list of valid species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3269: 65–68. [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Synonymy According to a recent paper (Pinheiro & Nicacio, 2012), Tubella is a valid genus. We will await further research before implementing this. [details]
Taxonomy Tubella is generally considered a junior synonym of Metania Gray, 1867. However, de Laubenfels 1936 indicated Spongilla paulata (sic) Bowerbank, 1863 as the type species of Tubella. This species is probably the same as Spongilla paulula Bowerbank, 1863, a member of the genus Trochospongilla Vejdovsky, 1883. By De Laubenfels' action Tubella should be considered a senior synonym of Trochospongilla. [details]
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