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Porifera name details

Euplectella mammillaris

576809  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:576809)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Porifera (Phylum)
  4. Hexactinellida (Class)
  5. Hexasterophora (Subclass)
  6. Lyssacinosida (Order)
  7. Euplectellidae (Family)
  8. Euplectellinae (Subfamily)
  9. Euplectella (Genus)
  10. Euplectella mammillaris (Species)
uncertain > nomen dubium (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Spongia mamillaris Müller, 1806) Müller, O. F. (1806). Zoologia Danica seu animalium Daniae et Norvegiae rariorum ac minus notorum descriptiones et historia. [Danish Zoology, or Descriptions and History of the Rarer and Lesser Known Animals of Denmark and Norway.]. Havniae [Copenhague], N. Christensen. 4 [1-5], 1-46, pls. 121-160., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PPN=PPN614794528 [details] OpenAccess publication
Taxonomy This was only a given as a name, without description. Presumably, Bowerbank meant the species we now know as Polymastia...  
Taxonomy This was only a given as a name, without description. Presumably, Bowerbank meant the species we now know as Polymastia penicillus. Bowerbank did not give the authority. And his list very questionable. [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. Euplectella mammillaris. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=576809 on 2025-05-29
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2011-07-11 17:59:01Z
created
van Soest, Rob W.M.
2023-06-10 16:11:28Z
changed
Boury-Esnault, Nicole
2023-07-24 13:55:10Z
changed
Boury-Esnault, Nicole
2023-09-08 09:03:41Z
changed
van Soest, Rob W.M.

original description (of Spongia mamillaris Müller, 1806) Müller, O. F. (1806). Zoologia Danica seu animalium Daniae et Norvegiae rariorum ac minus notorum descriptiones et historia. [Danish Zoology, or Descriptions and History of the Rarer and Lesser Known Animals of Denmark and Norway.]. Havniae [Copenhague], N. Christensen. 4 [1-5], 1-46, pls. 121-160., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PPN=PPN614794528 [details] OpenAccess publication

new combination reference Bowerbank, J.S. (1861). List of British sponges. In: McAndrew, R. (Ed.), List of the British marine invertebrate fauna. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. 30: 235-236.
page(s): 236 [details] OpenAccess publication
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy This was only a given as a name, without description. Presumably, Bowerbank meant the species we now know as Polymastia penicillus. Bowerbank did not give the authority. And his list very questionable. [details]
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