Pione vastifica

Author
Hancock, 1867
Common Names
  • Red Boring Sponge

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Min Depth
0 meters
Max Depth
15 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Worldwide
Habitat-Biology
  • bay and nearshore
References

  • Laubenfels, M. W. de. 1936. A discussion of the sponge fauna of the Dry Tortugas in particular and the West Indies in general, with material for a revision of the families and orders of the Porifera. Carnegie Institute of Washington (Tortugas Laboratory Paper No. 467) 30: 1–225.

  • Laubenfels, M. W. de. 1953. Sponges from the Gulf of Mexico. Bulletin of Marine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean 2: 511–557.

  • Topsent, É. 1889. Quelques spongiaires du Banc de Campêche et de la Pointe-a-Pître. Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France 2: 30–52.

  • Topsent, É. 1894. Application de la taxonomie actuelle a une collection de spongiaires du Banc de Campêche et de la Guadeloupe décrite précédemment. Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France 7: 27–36.

Endnotes

  • Treated as Cliona by Topsent (1889, 1894) and de Laubenfels (1936, 1953).

Species Notes

None noted.

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.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 04-06-2020.

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