Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae > Order Hadromerida > Family Placospongiidae > Genus Placospongia

Placospongia decorticans (Hanitsch, 1895)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

PlacospongiaGray, 1867accepted genus name
Physcaphora Hanitsch, 1895 synonym

Species group names

Physcaphora decorticans Hanitsch, 1895 basionym
Physcaphora decorticans Hanitsch, 1895 synonym

Literature

original description

Hanitsch, R. 1895. Notes on a Collection of Sponges from the West Coast of Portugal. Transactions of the Liverpool Biological Society 9:205-219, pls xii-xiii.

additional source

Lévi, C. 1956b. Spongiaires de la région de Dakar. Bulletin de l’Institut français d’Afrique noire (A, Sciences naturelles) 18(2): 391-405.

additional source

Van Soest, R.W.M. 1993a. Affinities of the Marine Demospongiae Fauna of the Cape Verde Islands and Tropical West Africa. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 159: 205-219.

additional source

Van Soest, R.W.M. 2001. Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 85-103

additional source

Cruz, T. 2002. Esponjas marinas de Canarias. Consejería de Política Territorial y Medio Ambiente del Gobierno de Canarias, S/C Tenerife. 260 pp.

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Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection
GBIF

Citation

van Soest, R. (2014). Placospongia decorticans (Hanitsch, 1895). In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M.; Cárdenas, P. (2014) World Porifera database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134189

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2004-12-21 by Rob van Soest

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