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WoRMS taxon details

Protospongia

AphiaID

105537 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105537)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Codosigidae

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Species Protospongia haeckelii W.S.Kent, 1880
Species Protospongia dybsoeënsis Grøntved, 1956 accepted as Proterospongia dybsoeënsis (Grøntved) A.R.Loeblich III, 1967 (synonym)
Species Protospongia nana Braarud, 1935 accepted as Proterospongia nana (Braarud, 1935) Throndsen, 1974 (Synonym)

Environment

marine

Original description

Kent, W.S. (1880-1881). A manual of the infusoria, including a description of all known flagellate, ciliate, and tentaculiferous protozoa, British and foreign and an account of the organization and affinities of the sponges. Vol. I pp. 289-720. London., available online at https://archive.org/details/manualofinfusori18081kent [details]

Taxonomic citation

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Protospongia. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105537 on 2025-05-09

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Brandt, Sue

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Nomenclature

original description Kent, W.S. (1880-1881). A manual of the infusoria, including a description of all known flagellate, ciliate, and tentaculiferous protozoa, British and foreign and an account of the organization and affinities of the sponges. Vol. I pp. 289-720. London., available online at https://archive.org/details/manualofinfusori18081kent [details]

basis of record Brandt, S. (2001). Choanoflagellates, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 57-59 (look up in IMIS) [details]