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Racodiscula Zittel, 1878 
AphiaID: 132081

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > 'Lithistida' (Order) > Theonellidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Racodiscula asteroides Zittel, 1878 (type by subsequent designation)
Parent Theonellidae Lendenfeld, 1903
Sources  original description: Zittel, K.A. 1878a. Studien über fossile Spongien. II. Lithistidae. Abhandlungen der Mathematisch-Physikalischen Classe der Königlich-Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 13 (1): 65-154. [details]

basis of record: 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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taxa
[show all]		 Species Racodiscula asteroides Zittel, 1878
Species Racodiscula clava sensu Topsent, 1892
Species Racodiscula incrustans Vacelet & Vasseur, 1971
Species Racodiscula sceptrellifera (Carter, 1881)
Species Racodiscula spinispirulifera (Carter, 1880)

Species Racodiscula nucerium Schmidt, 1879 accepted as Racodiscula asteroides Zittel, 1878
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Link To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132081
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
2006-11-25 18:55:41Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Racodiscula Zittel, 1878. 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=132081 on 2013-05-23
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