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Typification of Porifera described in the 10 edition of Linnaeus Systema Naturae, volume II, 1759.
Rob W M VAN Soest
Published: 202510.11646/zootaxa.5638.1.1
Abstract
The earliest available names for sponges were proposed by Linnaeus in volume II of the 10th edition of his Systema Naturae published in 1759. He described the eleven Spongia species cursorily, and for the illustrations and type localities he referred…
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