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Porifera name details

Microciona fallax Bowerbank, 1866

133071  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:133071)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Porifera (Phylum)
  4. Demospongiae (Class)
  5. Heteroscleromorpha (Subclass)
  6. Poecilosclerida (Order)
  7. Microcionidae (Family)
  8. Microcioninae (Subfamily)
  9. Microciona (Genus)
  10. Microciona fallax (Species)
 unaccepted (genus transfer)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Bowerbank, J.S. (1866). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 2. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-388. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1905089
page(s): 128-129 [details] OpenAccess publication
Type locality contained in North Sea  
type locality contained in North 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. (2024). World Porifera Database. Microciona fallax Bowerbank, 1866. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=133071 on 2025-02-01
Date
action
by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
van Soest, Rob W.M.
2011-01-03 16:12:06Z
changed
van Soest, Rob W.M.

original description Bowerbank, J.S. (1866). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 2. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-388. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1905089
page(s): 128-129 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Bowerbank, J.S. (1874). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 3. (Ray Society: London): i-xvii, 1-367, pls I-XCII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1871265
page(s): 60, Pl. XXIII 12-16; note: illustrations of the type-specimen [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Ackers, R.G.; Moss, D.; Picton, B.E. (1992). Sponges of the British Isles (‘Sponges V'). <em>A Colour Guide and Working Document. Marine Conservation Society.</em> 1-175.
page(s): 91 [details] OpenAccess publication
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Holotype BMNH 1910.1.1.71 [details]
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) 
To PESI 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (Holotype USNM 5047) 
To ITIS