Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Porifera > Class Calcarea > Subclass Calcaronea > Order Leucosolenida > Family Grantiidae > Genus Aphroceras

Aphroceras caespitosa (Haeckel, 1872)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Aphroceras*	Gray, 1858	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Leuconia caespitosa*	(Haeckel, 1872)	basionym
*Leuconia caespitosa*	(Haeckel, 1872)	synonym

Literature

original description	Haeckel, E. 1872b. Die Kalkschwämme. Eine Monographie in zwei Bänden Text und einem Atlas mit 60 Tafeln Abbildungen. (G. Reimer:Berlin): (1: 1-484) 2: 1-418 (3: pls 1-60).
additional source	Ferrer Hernández, F. 1921. Esponjas recogidas en la campana preliminar del ‘Giralda’. Boletim de Pescas 6: 161-177.

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Taxonomy

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External Links

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Citation

van Soest, R. (2014). Aphroceras caespitosa (Haeckel, 1872). 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:164229