|
Porifera name details
original description
(of Spongia villosa Pallas, 1766) Pallas, P. S. (1766). Elenchus zoophytorum sistens generum adumbrationes generaliores et specierum cognitarum succintas descriptiones, cum selectis auctorum synonymis. [List of zoophytes containing general outlines of genera and brief descriptions of known species, with selected synonyms of the authors.]. <em>Fransiscum Varrentrapp, Hagae.</em> 451 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6019361 page(s): 392-393 [details] 
additional source
Desqueyroux-Faúndez, R. (1984). Description de la Faune des Haplosclerida (Porifera) de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. I. Niphatidae-Callyspongiidae. <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 91(3): 765-827., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.81580 page(s): 801-802; note: This is likely a misappplication, see Note. [details] 
additional source
Collette, B.B.; Rützler, K. 1977. Reef fishes over sponge bottoms off the mouth of the Amazon River. Proceedings 3rd International Coral Reef Symposium Miami, Florida, U.S.A. pp. 305-310. page(s): 309 [details] 
From editor or global species database
Identification Although Pallas (1766) included Indo-Pacific specimens in his description of Spongia villosa, the species is now restricted to the Caribbean region. The identity of Desqueyroux's Callyspongia villosa needs to be established further. [details]
|
| |