Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae > Order Poecilosclerida > Suborder Microcionina > Family Raspailiidae > Subfamily Raspailiinae

Aulospongus Norman, 1878

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Aulospongus villosus (Thiele, 1898)

Literature

original description	Norman, A.M. 1878. On the Genus Haliphysema, with Descriptions of several Forms apparently allied to it. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5) 1(4): 265-284, pl. XVI.
basis of record	Hooper, J.N.A. 2002. Family Raspailiidae Hentschel, 1923. Pp. 469-510. 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	Bowerbank, J.S. 1873c. Report on a Collection of Sponges found at Ceylon by E.W.H. Holdsworth, Esq. Proceedings of the ZoologicalSociety of London 1873: 25-32, pls V-VII.

Genbank

External Links

GenBank
Sponge Barcoding Database (Aulospongus 2349)
Sponge Barcoding Database (Aulospongus 2876 cf. A.)
GBIF

Citation

van Soest, R. (2014). Aulospongus Norman, 1878. 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:168007