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Geodia bicolor

species of sponge

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 8, 2021
Entity authorityQ19725901 ↗
Source-derived summary

Geodia bicolor is a species of sponge in the family Geodiidae. It is found in the waters of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California.

Bibliography

Lendenfeld, R. Von 1910a. The Sponges. 1. The Geodidae. In: 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, 1888-1904. (21). Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 41 (1): 1-259, pls 1-48.

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The public source identifies “Geodia bicolor” as species of sponge. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Geodia, bicolor and species.

Editorial reviewA sound reference starting point where classification, measurement and the date of the underlying evidence remain visible. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1904, 1905, 1888—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Geodia, bicolor and species providing the first useful test.
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Datasets, specimens, observations and peer-reviewed methods provide the appropriate test for the technical claims summarized here. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 8, 2021. The linked authority identifier is Q19725901. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1904, 1905 and 1888.

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This entry incorporates text from “Geodia bicolor” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.