Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae > Order Poecilosclerida > Suborder Microcionina > Family Acarnidae > Genus Wigginsia

Wigginsia wigginsi de Laubenfels, 1953

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Wigginsiade Laubenfels, 1953accepted genus name

Species group names

Antho fragilis (Koltun, 1959) basionym
Plocamia fragilis Koltun, 1959 basionym
Plocamionida fragilis (Koltun, 1959) basionym
Antho fragilis (Koltun, 1959) synonym
Plocamia fragilis Koltun, 1959 synonym
Plocamionida fragilis (Koltun, 1959) synonym

Literature

original description

Laubenfels, M.W. De 1953c. Sponges of the Alaskan Arctic. Smithosnian Miscellaneous Collection 121 (6): 1-22.

basis of record

Hooper, J.N.A. 2002. Family Acarnidae Dendy, 1922. Pp. 412-431. In Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. Guide to the classification of sponges. 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow).

additional source

Khodakovskaya, A.V.2004. On the synonymy and distribution of Wigginsia wigginsi de Laubenfels, 1953 (Porifera, Demospongiae: Acarnidae). Zoosystematica Rossica 12 (2): 143-144.

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Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection
GBIF

Citation

van Soest, R. (2014). Wigginsia wigginsi de Laubenfels, 1953. 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:167450

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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

2007-07-21 by Rob van Soest

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