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Porifera name details

Halichondria varia Bowerbank, 1875

191398  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:191398)

 unaccepted (genus transfer)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Bowerbank, J.S. (1875). Contributions to a General History of the Spongiadae. Part VII. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1875: 281-296. [details] OpenAccess publication
Type locality contained in Malacca Strait  
type locality contained in Malacca Strait [details]
Note Strait of Malacca  
Type locality Strait of Malacca [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. (2025). World Porifera Database. Halichondria varia Bowerbank, 1875. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=191398 on 2026-06-15
Date
action
by
2005-12-18 15:00:44Z
created
2007-09-14 20:16:06Z
changed
2020-03-09 13:29:20Z
changed

original description Bowerbank, J.S. (1875). Contributions to a General History of the Spongiadae. Part VII. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1875: 281-296. [details] OpenAccess publication

new combination reference Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Butler, P.J. (2020). Every sponge its own name: removing Porifera homonyms. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4745(1): 1-93., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4745.1.1
page(s): 63 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Type locality Strait of Malacca [details]


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