Dysidea fragilis

Dysidea fragilis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dictyoceratida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Parazoa Phylum: Porifera Classis: Demospongiae Subclassis: Keratosa Ordo: Dictyoceratida

Familia: Dysideidae
Genus: Dysidea
Species: Dysidea fragilis

Name

Dysidea fragilis (Montagu, 1814) [conserved name]

• Neotype: BMNH 30.7.3.447. [designated by Burton (1934: 583)]
• Type locality:“Coast of Devon”.
• Place on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology by Opinion 1550 (1989: 195).

Combinations

• Spongia fragilis Montagu, 1814: 114 [original combination]
• Dysidea fragilis — Norman, 1869: 299 [subsequent combination]
• Spongelia fragilis — Hanitsch, 1890: 198 [subsequent combination]
• Duseidea [sic] fragilis — Burton, 1931: 169 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Montagu, G. 1814. 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. BHL Reference page. 
• International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1989. Opinion 1550. Dysidea Johnston, 1842 (Porifera, Keratosa): conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 46(3): 195–196. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Dysidea fragilis in the World Register of Marine Species

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Feiner Stachelschwamm
English: Goosebump Sponge
français: Eponge mie de pan mouillée
日本語: ツチイロカイメン

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