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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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[hide all]		 Genus Aphrocallistes Gray, 1858
  » Species Aphrocallistes beatrix Gray, 1858
  » Subspecies Aphrocallistes beatrix beatrix Gray, 1858
» Subspecies Aphrocallistes beatrix orientalis Ijima, 1916
» Subspecies Aphrocallistes beatrix azoricus Topsent, 1901 accepted as Pityrete azoricum (Topsent, 1901)
» Subspecies Aphrocallistes beatrix bocagei Wright, 1870 accepted as Aphrocallistes beatrix Gray, 1858
» Subspecies Aphrocallistes beatrix ramosus Schulze, 1886 accepted as Aphrocallistes beatrix Gray, 1858
» Species Aphrocallistes vastus Schulze, 1886
» Species Aphrocallistes aleutiana Okada, 1932 accepted as Heterochone aleutiana (Okada, 1932)
» Species Aphrocallistes azoricus Topsent, 1901 accepted as Pityrete azoricum (Topsent, 1901)
» Species Aphrocallistes bocagei Wright, 1870 accepted as Aphrocallistes beatrix Gray, 1858
» Species Aphrocallistes incognita Koltun, 1967 accepted as Heterochone incognita (Koltun, 1967)
» Species Aphrocallistes intermedia Okada, 1932 accepted as Aphrocallistes vastus Schulze, 1886
» Species Aphrocallistes jejuensis Sim & Kim, 1988 accepted as Aphrocallistes beatrix Gray, 1858
» Species Aphrocallistes ramosus Schulze, 1886 accepted as Aphrocallistes beatrix Gray, 1858
» Species Aphrocallistes subglobosa (Bowerbank, 1869) accepted as Dactylocalyx subglobosus Gray, 1867
» Species Aphrocallistes whiteavesianus Lambe, 1892 accepted as Aphrocallistes vastus Schulze, 1886
» Species Aphrocallistes yatsui Okada, 1932 accepted as Aphrocallistes vastus Schulze, 1886
Genus Heterochone Ijima, 1927
  » Species Heterochone aleutiana (Okada, 1932)
» Species Heterochone calyx (Schulze, 1886)
» Species Heterochone incognita (Koltun, 1967)
» Species Heterochone tenera (Schulze, 1899)
» Species Heterochone hamata (Schulze, 1886) accepted as Chonelasma hamatum Schulze, 1886

Genus Melittiaulus Schulze, 1885 accepted as Aphrocallistes Gray, 1858
  » Species Melittiaulus ramosus Schulze, 1885 accepted as Aphrocallistes beatrix Gray, 1858
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131686
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
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 2013-05-21
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