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Chondrosia reniformis Nardo, 1847

Esponja, Sponge

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Porifera

Class
Demospongiae

Order
Chondrosiida

Family
Chondrosiidae

Genus
Chondrosia

Species
reniformis

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Chondrosia gliricauda (Schmidt, 1862), Gummina ecaudata Schmidt, 1862, Gummina gliricauda Schmidt, 1862 (Horton et al., 2021)

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: Galapagos Islands (Desqeyroux-Faundez & Van Soest, 1997)

References

  • Desqeyroux-Faundez, R., Van Soest, R.W.M. (1997) Shallow-water Demosponges of the Galapagos Islands. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 104(2): 379-467.
  • Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.

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