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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMyrmekioderma Ehlers, 1870 
AphiaID: 131794

Classification: Biota > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnimalia (Kingdom) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPorifera (Phylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorDemospongiae (Class) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHalichondrida (Order) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHeteroxyidae (Family) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMyrmekioderma (Genus)
Status accepted
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAlcyonium granulatum Esper, 1794 (type by monotypy)
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHeteroxyidae Dendy, 1905
Synonymised
names		  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAcanthoxifer Dendy, 1905 (junior synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnacanthaea Row, 1911 (junior synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnacanthea Row, 1911 (misspelling)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorNeoprosypa de Laubenfels, 1954 (junior synonym)
Sources  original description Ehlers, E. 1870. Die Esper’schen Spongien in der zoologischen Sammlung der K. Universität Erlangen. (E.Th. Jacob: Erlangen): 1-36. [details] [full text]

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taxa (14)
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[sort alpha..]		 Species Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMyrmekioderma dendyi (Burton, 1959)
Species Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMyrmekioderma granulatum (Esper, 1794)
Species Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMyrmekioderma gyroderma (Alcolado, 1984)
Species Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMyrmekioderma intrastrongyla Sandes & Pinheiro, 2013
Species Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMyrmekioderma laminatum Rützler, Piantoni, Van Soest & Díaz, 2014
Species Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMyrmekioderma niveum (Row, 1911)
Species Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMyrmekioderma pacificum Pulitzer-Finali, 1996
Species Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMyrmekioderma rea (de Laubenfels, 1934)
Species Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMyrmekioderma spelaeum (Pulitzer-Finali, 1983)
Species Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMyrmekioderma tuberculatum (Keller, 1891)

Species Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMyrmekioderma granulata (Esper, 1794) accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMyrmekioderma granulatum (Esper, 1794)
Species Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMyrmekioderma spelaea (Pulitzer-Finali, 1983) accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMyrmekioderma spelaeum (Pulitzer-Finali, 1983)
Species Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMyrmekioderma styx de Laubenfels, 1953 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMyrmekioderma rea (de Laubenfels, 1934)
Species Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMyrmekioderma tylota de Laubenfels, 1954 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMyrmekioderma granulatum (Esper, 1794)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution 
From regional or thematic species database
Madagascar
Trusted: edited by a thematic editorTuléar [details]
Links Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo GenBank  
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131794
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van Soest, Rob
2005-08-01 12:12:31Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2010-05-31 13:43:21Z  checked  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2014). Myrmekioderma Ehlers, 1870. 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.; Díaz, M.-C.; Cárdenas, P. (2014) World Porifera database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131794 on 2015-01-29
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