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Terpios Fugax Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 Terpios fugax Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 AphiaID: 134307 SPONGE Sinónimos Prosuberites microsclerus Laubenfels, 1936 Suberites fugax (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) Referências additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 85-103. [details] basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Family Suberitidae. In: Hooper, J.N.A & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds). Systema Porifera, a guide to the classification of the sponges. 1 Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers, New York: 1-1708.[details] additional source Borojevic, R.; Cabioch, L.; Lévi, C. (1968). Inventaire de la faune marine de Roscoff. Spongiaires. 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