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Aphroceras ensata (Bowerbank, 1858) 
AphiaID: 132172

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Calcarea (Class) > Calcaronea (Subclass) > Leucosolenida (Order) > Grantiidae (Family) > Aphroceras (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Aphroceras Gray, 1858
Synonymised
taxa
  Aphroceras cliarensis (Stephens, 1912) (genus transfer)
Aphroceras ensata f. cliarensis (Stephens, 1912) (junior synonym)
Aphroceras ensata f. impressa Borojevic, 1966 (junior synonym)
Aphroceras ensata f. syconoides Borojevic, 1966 (junior synonym)
Grantia ensata Bowerbank, 1858 (genus transfer)
Leucaltis impressa Hanitsch, 1890 (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Leucandra cliarensis Stephens, 1912 (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Ute ensata (Bowerbank, 1858) (genus transfer)
Sources  original description: Bowerbank, J.S. 1858. On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Spongiadae. Part I. On the Spicula. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 148(2): 279-332, pls XXII-XXVI. [details] [full text]

additional source: Kelly, M. (2009). Demospongiae, Calcarea (Porifera). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [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]

basis of record (from synonym): Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

additional source (from synonym): Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

original description (from synonym): Hanitsch, R. 1890. Third Report on the Porifera of the L.M.B.C.District. Proceedings and Transactions of the Liverpool Biological Society 4: 192-238, pls X-XV. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

basis of record (from synonym): Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (Ed.) (2002). Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of Sponges. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers: New York, NY (USA). ISBN 0-306-47260-0. xix, 1-1101, 1103-1706 (2 volumes) pp. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

original description (from synonym): Stephens, J. 1912. A Biological Survey of Clare Island in the County of Mayo, Ireland and the Adjoining District. Marine Porifera. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 31 (Section 3, Part 59): 1-42, pl. I. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

new combination reference (from synonym): Burton, M. (1957). Phylum Porifera. Pp. 26-36. In: Wilson, D.P. (Ed.), Plymouth Marine Fauna, 3rd edition. Being notes on the local distribution of species occurring in the neighbourhood of Plymouth, including some other records of species found on the south coasts of Devon and Cornwall and the adjacent offshore water [details] [view taxon]

new combination reference (from synonym): Descatoire, A. 1969. Les peuplements sessiles de l’Archipel de Glénande l’infralittoral rocheux. II. - Notes systématiques à propos de l’inventaire des Spongiaires. Vie et Milieu (A, Biologie Marine) 20(1-A): 9-30. [details] [view taxon]

original description (from synonym): Borojevic, R. 1966b. Éponges calcaires des côtes de France. III. Discussion sur la taxonomie des Eponges Calcaires: Aphroceras ensata(Bowerbank) et Ute gladiata sp. n. Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale 107 (4): 703-723. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

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Forma Aphroceras ensata f. cliarensis (Stephens, 1912) accepted as Aphroceras ensata (Bowerbank, 1858)
Forma Aphroceras ensata f. impressa Borojevic, 1966 accepted as Aphroceras ensata (Bowerbank, 1858)
Forma Aphroceras ensata f. syconoides Borojevic, 1966 accepted as Aphroceras ensata (Bowerbank, 1858)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Celtic Seas (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
French Exclusive Economic Zone [Atlantic part] (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Ireland (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
North East Atlantic (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
South European Atlantic Shelf [details]
United Kingdom (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
West Coast of France (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Specimen  Unknown type (from synonym) , locality Atlantic Europe [view taxon]
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132172
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van Soest, Rob
2007-01-13 15:19:27Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Aphroceras ensata (Bowerbank, 1858). 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=132172 on 2013-06-20
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