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Spongia  Linnaeus, 1759
Taxonomic Serial No.: 47543

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: unknown   
  Latest Record Review: 2004   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    PhylumPorifera Grant, 1836 – sponges, éponges, esponja, porifero  
       ClassDemospongiae Sollas, 1885  
          OrderDictyoceratida Minchin, 1900  
             FamilySpongiidae Gray, 1867  
                GenusSpongia Linnaeus, 1759  
    Direct Children:  
                   SpeciesSpongia barbara Duchassaing and Michelotti, 1864 – yellow sponge 
                   SpeciesSpongia cerebriformis Duchassaing and Michelotti  
                   SpeciesSpongia cheiris de Laubenfels, 1958 – glove sponge 
                   SpeciesSpongia graminea Hyatt, 1877 – grass sponge 
                   SpeciesSpongia obscura Hyatt, 1877  
                   SpeciesSpongia officinalis   
                   SpeciesSpongia sterea de Laubenfels and Storr – wire sponge 
                   SpeciesSpongia tubulifera   
                   SubgenusSpongia (Australospongia) Cook & Bergquist, 2001  
                   SubgenusSpongia (Heterofibria) Cook & Bergquist, 2001  
                   SubgenusSpongia (Spongia) Linnaeus, 1759  
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Hooper, John N. A., and Rob W. M. van Soest, eds.   
  Publication Date: 2002   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Systema Porifera: A Guide to the Classification of Sponges   
  Page(s): xlviii + 1708   
  Publisher: Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-306-47260-0   
  Notes: Published in two volumes: Volume 1 - Introductions and Demospongiae; Volume 2 - Calcarea, Hexactinellida, Sphinctozoa, Archaeocyatha, unrecognizable taxa, and Index of higher taxa   
  Reference for: Spongia   
       

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