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Halichondria abyssi Carter, 1874 
AphiaID: 132577

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Halichondrida (Order) > Halichondriidae (Family) > Halichondria (Genus)
Status alternate representation (genus transfer)
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Iotroata abyssi (Carter, 1874)
Rank Species
Typetaxon of  Iotaota de Laubenfels, 1936
Parent Halichondria Fleming, 1828
Sources  original description: Carter, H.J. 1874a. Descriptions and Figures of Deep-sea Sponges and their Spicules from the Atlantic Ocean, dredged up on board H.M.S.‘Porcupine’, chiefly in 1869; with Figures and Descriptions of some remarkable Spicules from the Agulhas Shoal and Colon, Panama. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4) 14 (79): 207-221, 245-257, pls.XIII-XV. [details] [full text]

basis of record: Van Soest, R.W.M. 2002. Family Iotrochotidae Dendy, 1922. Pp. 594-601. 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 United Kingdom [details]
Specimens  Holotype: BMNH 1890.4.10.4, locality United Kingdom (Faroe-Scotland region) [details]
Syntype: ZMB 3100, locality United Kingdom (Faroe-Scotland region) [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To PESI
Note  This is the type species of Iotaota de Laubenfels, 1936. which is a junior synonym of Iotroata. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132577
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van Soest, Rob
2006-01-18 19:06:18Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
2007-05-23 19:15:22Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
2007-09-05 17:42:47Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Halichondria abyssi Carter, 1874. 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=132577 on 2013-06-19
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