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Porifera name details

Luffaria rupicola Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864

192380  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:192380)

 unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. <em>Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem.</em> 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV.
page(s): 60; [details] OpenAccess publication
Type locality contained in Eastern Caribbean  
type locality contained in Eastern Caribbean [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. Luffaria rupicola Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=192380 on 2025-11-08
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2005-12-18 15:00:44Z
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2008-05-25 18:22:59Z
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original description Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. <em>Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem.</em> 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV.
page(s): 60; [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M.; Stone, S.M.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Rützler, K. (1983). Catalogue of the Duchassaing & Michelotti (1864) collection of West Indian sponges (Porifera). <em>Bulletin Zoologisch Museum, Universiteit van Amsterdam.</em> 9 (21): 189-205.
page(s): 195 [details] OpenAccess publication
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Remark The lectotype specimen ZMA Por. 01477 conforms to Spongia (Spongia) tubulifera Lamarck, but does not fit the description of Duchassaing & Michelotti, so possibly labels were mislaid. Identity of this species is uncertain. [details]


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