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Wigginsia wigginsi de Laubenfels, 1953

167450  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:167450)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Porifera (Phylum)
  4. Demospongiae (Class)
  5. Heteroscleromorpha (Subclass)
  6. Poecilosclerida (Order)
  7. Acarnidae (Family)
  8. Wigginsia (Genus)
  9. Wigginsia wigginsi (Species)
accepted
Species
Antho fragilis (Koltun, 1959) · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Plocamia fragilis Koltun, 1959 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Plocamionida fragilis (Koltun, 1959) · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1953). Sponges of the Alaskan Arctic. Smithosnian Miscellaneous Collection. 121 (6): 1-22.
page(s): 7-9 [details] OpenAccess publication
Holotype  USNM 23222, geounit Chukchi Sea  
Holotype USNM 23222, geounit Chukchi Sea [details]
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. Wigginsia wigginsi de Laubenfels, 1953. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=167450 on 2025-05-12
Date
action
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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z
created
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2007-07-21 14:00:07Z
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van Soest, Rob W.M.

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Nomenclature

original description Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1953). Sponges of the Alaskan Arctic. Smithosnian Miscellaneous Collection. 121 (6): 1-22.
page(s): 7-9 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Plocamia fragilis Koltun, 1959) Koltun, V.M. (1959). Siliceous horny sponges of the northern and far eastern seas of the U.S.S.R. (Order Cornacuspongida). [In Russian] Opredeliteli po faune SSR. Izdatelstvo Zoologicheskogo Instituta Akademii nauk USSR, Moscow-Leningrad. 67: 1–236.
page(s): 176-178 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Antho fragilis (Koltun, 1959)) Koltun, V.M. (1959 [1971]). [Siliceous horny sponges of the northern and fareastern seas of the U.S.S.R.] [translation in English by Fisheries Research Board of Canada Translation Series No. 1842]. Opredeliteli po faune SSR, izdavaemye Zoologicheskim muzeem Akademii nauk. 67: 1-365. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Plocamia fragilis Koltun, 1959) Koltun, V.M. (1959 [1971]). [Siliceous horny sponges of the northern and fareastern seas of the U.S.S.R.] [translation in English by Fisheries Research Board of Canada Translation Series No. 1842]. Opredeliteli po faune SSR, izdavaemye Zoologicheskim muzeem Akademii nauk. 67: 1-365.
page(s): 200-201 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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. (eds.) Systema Porifera. Guide to the classification of sponges. Volume 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record Hooper, J.N.A. (2002 [2004]). Family Acarnidae Dendy, 1922. Pp. 412–431. In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Systema Porifera. A Guide to the Classification of Sponges. (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publ., New York. 1708+XLVIII. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

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. [details] 

 
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Countries
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype USNM 23222, geounit Chukchi Sea [details]
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LanguageName 
English Wiggins's horny sponge  [details]
French éponge de Wiggins  [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) 
To PESI 
To PESI (from synonym Antho fragilis (Koltun, 1959))
To PESI (from synonym Plocamia fragilis Koltun, 1959)
To PESI (from synonym Plocamionida fragilis (Koltun, 1959))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (Holotype USNM 23222) 
To ITIS
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