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Porifera name details

Spongia rubra Linnaeus, 1791

597813 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:597813)

uncertain > taxon inquirendum
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3819 [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. Spongia rubra Linnaeus, 1791. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=597813 on 2026-08-09
Date
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2012-05-17 13:48:03Z
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2020-07-01 10:34:06Z
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original description Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3819 [details] OpenAccess publication
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Remark Collected by Forsskal in Suez, fixed on a stone. Not certain that it is a sponge. [details]


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