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Aphrocallistidae Gray, 1867 
AphiaID: 131686

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Hexactinellida (Class) > Hexasterophora (Subclass) > Hexactinosida (Order) > Sceptrulophora (Suborder)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Sceptrulophora
Sources  original description: Gray, J.E. 1867a. Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. [details] [full text]

basis of record: Reiswig, H. 2002. Family Aphrocallistidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 1282-1286. In Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 (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]

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 Genus Aphrocallistes Gray, 1858
Genus Heterochone Ijima, 1927

Genus Melittiaulus Schulze, 1885 accepted as Aphrocallistes Gray, 1858
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131686
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Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van Soest, Rob
2008-09-19 12:19:46Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
2012-07-16 09:03:46Z  changed  Dohrmann, Martin
  
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  Citation: Dohrmann, M.; van Soest, R. (2013). Aphrocallistidae. 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=131686 on 2013-05-23
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