WoRMS taxon details
Holascus taraxacum (Lendenfeld, 1915)
171922 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:171922)
accepted
Species
Holascella taraxacum Lendenfeld, 1915 · unaccepted (genus name is junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Holascella taraxacum Lendenfeld, 1915) Lendenfeld, R. von. (1915). The Sponges. 3. Hexactinellida.<i> In</i>: Reports on the Scientific Results of the Expedition to the Eastern Tropical Pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer 'Albatross', from October, 1904, to March, 1905, Lieut. Commander L.M. Garrett, U.S.N., Commanding, and of other expeditions of the 'Albatross', 1891-1899 (29). <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 42 (2): 1-396, pls. 1-109. [details] 
Type locality contained in Guayaquil
type locality contained in Guayaquil [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Holascus taraxacum (Lendenfeld, 1915). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=171922 on 2025-04-08
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Holascella taraxacum Lendenfeld, 1915) Lendenfeld, R. von. (1915). The Sponges. 3. Hexactinellida.<i> In</i>: Reports on the Scientific Results of the Expedition to the Eastern Tropical Pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer 'Albatross', from October, 1904, to March, 1905, Lieut. Commander L.M. Garrett, U.S.N., Commanding, and of other expeditions of the 'Albatross', 1891-1899 (29). <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 42 (2): 1-396, pls. 1-109. [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Kersken, D.; Janussen, D. ; Martínez Arbizu, P. (2018). Deep-sea glass sponges (Hexactinellida) from polymetallic nodule fields in the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone (CCFZ), northeastern Pacific: Part I – Amphidiscophora. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 48: 545-573., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-017-0727-y [details] Available for editors 
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context source (CCZ)
Kersken, D.; Janussen, D.; Martínez Arbizu, P. (2019). Deep-sea glass sponges (Hexactinellida) from polymetallic nodule fields in the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone (CCFZ), northeastern Pacific: Part II—Hexasterophora. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 49: 947-987., available online at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12526-018-0880-y [details] Available for editors [request]
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype (of Holascella taraxacum Lendenfeld, 1915) MCZ PORa-6840, geounit Guayaquil [details]
