On the synonymy and distribution of Wigginsia wigginsi de Laubenfels, 1953 (Porifera, Demospongiae: Acarnidae)
A.V. Khodakovskaya
Abstract. The holotype of Plocamia fragilis Koltun, 1959 is examined. P. fragilis is shown to be a junior synonym of Wigginsia wigginsi de Laubenfels, 1953 (new synonymy). The species is distributed along both the American and Asian coast of North Pacific and in the Chukchi Sea.
Zoosystematica Rossica, 2003, 12(2): 143–144 ▪ Published in print 20 May 2004
https://doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2003.12.2.143 ▪ Open full article 
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