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Species Ircinia favosa (Lieberkühn, 1859)

  • Filifera favosa Lieberkühn, N. 1859. Neue Beiträge zur Anatomie der Spongien. Archiv für Anatomie, Physiologie und Wissenschaftliche Medecin 1859: 353-382 515-529 pls 9-11 [371] [virtually unrecognisable; recorded from Australia by Lendenfeld, R. von 1889. A Monograph of the Horny Sponges. London : Trübner & Co. 936 pp. 17 figs 50 pls. (571); his (dry?) 'hypotype(s)' not found in BMNH; see Bergquist, P.R. 1980. A revision of the supraspecific classification of the orders Dictyoceratida, Dendroceratida and Verongida (Class Demospongiae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 7: 443–503 figs 1–25 pls (466)].
    Type data:
     Holotype ZMB not found wet, locality unknown.

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Unknown.


Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
29-Mar-2018 15-Dec-2011 MOVED
29-Mar-2018 13-Apr-2011 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)