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Acanthella obtusa Schmidt, 1862 
AphiaID: 132459

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Halichondrida (Order) > Dictyonellidae (Family) > Acanthella (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (genus transfer)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Dictyonella obtusa (Schmidt, 1862)
Rank Species
Typetaxon of  Phacanthina Vosmaer, 1912
Parent Acanthella Schmidt, 1862
Sources  original description: Schmidt, O. 1862. Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7. [details] [full text]

basis of record: Van Soest, R.W.M.; Erpenbeck, D.; Alvarez De Glasby, B. 2002. Family Dictyonellidae Van Soest, Diaz & Pomponi, 1990. Pp. 773-786. In Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A 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]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Algerian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Specimen  Holotype: MNHN No.10 Algérie, locality Algeria [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To PESI
Note  This is the type species of Phacanthina Vosmaer, 1912, which is a junior synonym of Dictyonella. [details]
Image 
Acanthella obtusa Schmidt, 1862
Acanthella obtusa Schmidt, 1862
added on 2011-03-27 - author: van Soest, Rob
qualitystatus: checked by van Soest, Rob on 2011-03-27 16:56:51
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132459
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van Soest, Rob
2005-07-26 11:25:22Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2006-01-24 19:13:44Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
2007-08-12 18:23:56Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Acanthella obtusa Schmidt, 1862. 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/authority/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=132459 on 2013-05-23
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