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Hemectyon Topsent, 1920 
AphiaID: 131883

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Microcionina (Suborder) > Raspailiidae (Family) > Raspailiinae (Subfamily)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (subgenus transfer)
Record
status
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Accepted name  Endectyon (Hemectyon) Topsent, 1920
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Raspailia hamata Schmidt, 1870 (type by original designation)
Parent Raspailiinae Nardo, 1833
Sources  original description: Topsent, E. 1920a. Spongiaires du Musée Zoologique de Strasbourg.Monaxonides. Bulletin de l’Institut océanographique, Monaco (381):1-36. [details] [full text]

basis of record: Hooper, J.N.A. 2002. Family Raspailiidae Hentschel, 1923. Pp. 469-510. In Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. 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]

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Species Hemectyon atlanticus (Lévi & Vacelet, 1958) accepted as Lithoplocamia atlantica (Lévi & Vacelet, 1958)
Species Hemectyon hamatum (Schmidt, 1870) accepted as Endectyon (Hemectyon) hamatum (Schmidt, 1870)
Species Hemectyon hyle de Laubenfels, 1930 accepted as Endectyon (Endectyon) hyle (de Laubenfels, 1930)
Species Hemectyon hymani Dickinson, 1945 accepted as Endectyon (Endectyon) hymani (Dickinson, 1945)
Species Hemectyon multidentata Burton, 1948 accepted as Endectyon (Endectyon) multidentatum (Burton, 1948)
Species Hemectyon pearsi Wells, Wells & Gray, 1960 accepted as Endectyon (Endectyon) pearsi (Wells, Wells & Gray, 1960)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Link To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131883
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van Soest, Rob
2006-02-08 18:57:09Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Hemectyon Topsent, 1920. 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=131883 on 2013-05-23
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