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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAcarnus tortilis Topsent, 1892 
AphiaID: 132956

Classification: Biota > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnimalia (Kingdom) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPorifera (Phylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorDemospongiae (Class) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPoecilosclerida (Order) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMicrocionina (Suborder) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAcarnidae (Family) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAcarnus (Genus)
Status accepted
Rank Species
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAcarnus Gray, 1867
Synonymised
taxa		  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAcarnus polytylus Pulitzer-Finali, 1983 (junior synonym)
Sources  original description Topsent, E. 1892b. Diagnoses d’éponges nouvelles de la Méditerranée et plus particulièrement de Banyuls. Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale (2) 10 (Notes et Revue 6) xvii-xxviii. [details]

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Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution 
From editor or global species database
North Atlantic Ocean
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAzores [details]
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorEuropean waters (ERMS scope) [details]
(no group)
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAegean Sea [details]
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAzores Canaries Madeira [details]
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorBanda Sea (not valid) [details]
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorIonian Sea [details]
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSouth European Atlantic Shelf [details]
From regional or thematic species database
Cape Verde
Trusted: edited by a thematic editorCape Verde [details]
Ionian Sea
Trusted: edited by a thematic editorGraham Bank [details]
North Atlantic Ocean
Trusted: edited by a thematic editorNorth Atlantic [details]
(no group)
Trusted: edited by a thematic editorTunisian Plateau/Gulf of Sidra [details]
Trusted: edited by a thematic editorWest Africa [details]
Trusted: edited by a thematic editorWestern Mediterranean [details]
From other sources
Mediterranean Sea
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorItalian Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon]
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorGreek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorFrench Exclusive Economic Zone [Mediterranean part] [details]
North Atlantic Ocean
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorAzores Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Specimen  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHolotype MNHN DT 271, locality Western Mediterranean (France, Banyuls, Cap l'Abeille) [details]
Links Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Encyclopedia of Life
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Marine Species Identification Portal
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo PESI
Note 
From editor or global species database
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorTaxonomy Records of this species by Topsent, 1897, redescribed by Desqueyroux, 1981 (Ambon, Indonesia), Dendy, 1916 (India), Vacelet et al. 1976 (Madagascar) and Hooper, 1986 (Australia) are attributable to A. bergquistae. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132956
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
2010-03-22 19:18:53Z  checked  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Acarnus tortilis Topsent, 1892. 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=132956 on 2013-12-07
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