Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae > Order Dictyoceratida > Family Irciniidae > Genus Ircinia

Ircinia variabilis (Schmidt, 1862)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ircinia*	Nardo, 1833	accepted genus name
*Hircinia*	Nardo, 1834	synonym

Species group names

*Ircinia flavescens*	(Schmidt, 1862)	basionym
*Hircinia variabilis*	Schmidt, 1862	synonym
*Hircinia variabilis var. fistulata*	Szymanski, 1904	synonym
*Ircinia flavescens*	(Schmidt, 1862)	synonym
*Ircinia hebes*	(Schmidt, 1862)	synonym
*Ircinia hirsuta*	(Schmidt, 1862)	synonym
*Ircinia lingua*	(Schmidt, 1868)	synonym
*Ircinia panicea*	(Schmidt, 1862)	synonym

Literature

original description	Schmidt, O. 1862. Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7.
basis of record	Pronzato, R.; Malva, R,; Manconi, R, 2004. The taxonomic status of Ircinia fasciculata, Ircinia felix, and Ircinia variabilis (Dictyoceratida, Irciniidae). Boll. Mus. Ist.Biol. Univ. Genova 68: 553-563.
additional source	Pulitzer-Finali, G.; Pronzato, R. 1981 [1980]. The Keratosa in a collection of Mediterranean sponges mainly from the Italian coasts. Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria 83: 127-158.
additional source	Rützler, K., R. W. M. van Soest, and C. Piantoni. 2009. Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 285–313 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	Van Soest, R.W.M. 2001. Porifera, 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. 85-103
misapplication	Burton, M. 1954. Sponges. Pp. 215-239, pl. 9. In: The 'Rosaura' Expedition. Part 5. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology, 2(6).

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection
Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
GenBank (14 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

van Soest, R. (2014). Ircinia variabilis (Schmidt, 1862). In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M.; Cárdenas, P. (2014) World Porifera database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132362