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Agelasidae Verrill, 1907 
AphiaID: 131628

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Agelasida (Order)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Agelasida
Synonymised
taxa		  Chalinopsididae Schmidt, 1870 (nomen oblitum)
 Ectyonidae Carter, 1875 (nomen oblitum)
Sources  original description: Verrill, A.E. 1907. The Bermuda Islands: Part V. An account of the Coral Reefs (Characteristic Life of the Bermuda Coral Reefs). Porifera: Sponges. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences12: 330-344, pls 35 C-D. [details] [full text]

basis of record: Van Soest, R.W.M. 2002. Family Agelasidae Verrill, 1907. Pp. 819-823. In Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). [details]

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: pp. 85-103 (look up in IMIS) [details]

original description (from synonym): Schmidt, O. 1870. Grundzüge einer Spongien-Fauna des atlantischen Gebietes. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): iii-iv, 1-88, pls I-VI. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

original description (from synonym): Carter, H.J. 1875c. Notes Introductory to the Study and Classification of the Spongida. Part II. Proposed Classification of the Spongida. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4) 16(92): 126-145, 177-200. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

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[show all]		 Genus Agelas Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864

Genus Chalinopsis Schmidt, 1870 accepted as Agelas Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Genus Ectyon Gray, 1867 accepted as Agelas Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Genus Oroidea Gray, 1867 accepted as Agelas Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Genus Pachychalinopsis Schmidt, 1880 accepted as Agelas Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Genus Siphonochalinopsis Schmidt, 1880 accepted as Agelas Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
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Image 
Agelas citrina on the Curaçao reef
Agelas citrina on the Curaçao reef
added on 2012-02-08 - author: van Soest, Rob
qualitystatus: checked by van Soest, Rob on 2012-02-08 20:31:39
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131628
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van Soest, Rob
2005-07-26 12:02:34Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2007-09-18 07:54:57Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Agelasidae Verrill, 1907. In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M. (2013) World Porifera database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131628 on 2013-06-18
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