original description(ofSpongia plumosa Montagu, 1814)Montagu, G. (1814 [1818]). An Essay on Sponges, with Descriptions of all the Species that have been discovered on the Coast of Great Britain. Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society. 2(1): 67-122, pls III-XVI., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45847761 page(s): 116 [details]
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additional sourceSolórzano, M.R. (1990). Poríferos del litoral gallego: estudio faunístico, distribución e inventario. Phd Thesis Unversidad de Santiago de Compostela. 1036 pp. page(s): 848-851; Lám.105; note: Named Pronax plumosum (Montagu, 1818) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional sourceCastric-Fey, A. (1996). Richesse et biodiversité en mer mégatidale: communautés sublittorales rocheuses de la région de Trébeurden-Ploumanac'h (Nord Bretagne France). Cahiers de Biologie marine. 37, 7-31. page(s): 22 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional sourceNaveiro Millán, A. (2002). Poríferos de la costa da Arrábida (Portugal). Clase Demospongiae. Tesina Unversidad de Santiago de Compostela. 165 pp. page(s): 90-91 Figura 38 [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination referenceGray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII.[details]
biology sourceLévi, C. (1956). Étude des Halisarca de Roscoff. Embryologie et systématique des démosponges. Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale. 93(1): 1-181. page(s): 124 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Azores Canaries Madeira
Celtic Seas
South European Atlantic Shelf
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Reproduction Viviparity. Embryogenesis begins mid-May and spawning occurs in July-August. Free larva contains numerous spicules (acanthostyles, and some spongin fiber). Lévi (1956) p. 124-125 [details]
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