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original description
(of Spongia coelosia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) 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): 31-32; note: as Spongia corlosia but corrected in errata p.122 [details]
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Spelling This is the corrected name of the misspelled (Spongia) corlosia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 corrected in the errata. The authors compared the sponge to the flowers of the plant Celosia (Amaranthaceae). [details]
Synonymy The species (which was misspelled in the main text as corlosia, but corrected in the Errata) was described by Duchassaing & Michelotti from St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, approximate coordinates 18.37°N 64.9°W. No material has survived (Van Soest et al. 1983: 203, table I). I propose to reassign it provisionally to Spongia (Spongia) tubulifera Lamarck, 1814 as the most likely identity based on Hyatt’s and Von Lendenfeld’s treatment of Spongia corlosia (sic). [details]
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