WoRMS taxon details
Aphroceras alcicornis Gray, 1858
AphiaID: 164228
AphiaID: 164228
| 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 | ||||||||||
| Typetaxon of |
Aphroceras Gray, 1858 | ||||||||||
| Parent | Aphroceras Gray, 1858 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Cyathiscus actinia Haeckel, 1869 (genus transfer & junior synonym) Leucandra alcicornis (Gray, 1858) (reverted genus transfer) | ||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Gray, J.E. 1858a. Description of Aphroceras, a New Genus of Calcareous Spongiadae brought from Hong-Kong by Dr. Harland. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 26: 113-114, pl. X. [details] [full text]
from synonym: Haeckel, E. 1872b. Die Kalkschwämme. Eine Monographie in zwei Bänden Text und einem Atlas mit 60 Tafeln Abbildungen. (G. Reimer:Berlin): (1: 1-484) 2: 1-418 (3: pls 1-60). [details] [view taxon] [full text] | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Bassian [details] Hawaii [details] Hawaiian Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Hong Kong [details] Southern China [details] Xianggang [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Type locality: Hong Kong [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:164228 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Aphroceras alcicornis Gray, 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=164228 on 2013-05-22 | |||||||||||
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