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WoRMS taxon details
original description
(of Suberites ficus rubrus Solé-Cava & Thorpe, 1986) Solé-Cava, A.M.; Thorpe, J.P. (1986). Genetic differentiation between morphotypes of the marine sponge <i>Suberites ficus</i> (Demospongiae:Hadromerida). <em>Marine Biology.</em> 93: 247-253. [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record
BODC. (2009). Species list from the British Oceanographic Data Centre. <em>BODC. (2009). Species list from the British Oceanographic Data Centre.</em> [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy The species is controversial and virtually unrecognizable as it is based on an analysis of protein electrophoresis without further morphological corroboration. This and two other taxa were originally presented as 'subspecies', but since subspecies are generally assumed to be allopatric and the three Suberites taxa were collected in the same locality their status is here changed to 'species'. [details]
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