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Grantessa ramosa (Haeckel, 1872) 
AphiaID: 164445

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Calcarea (Class) > Calcaronea (Subclass) > Leucosolenida (Order) > Heteropiidae (Family) > Grantessa (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Grantessa Lendenfeld, 1885
Synonymised
taxa
  Grantia ramosa Smith in Haeckel, 1872 (nomen nudum)
Leuckartea natalensis Miklucho-Maclay in Haeckel, 1872 (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Sycandra ramosa Haeckel, 1872 (genus transfer)
Sycon ramosum (Smith in Haeckel, 1872) (genus transfer)
Sources  original description: 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] [full text]

additional source: Borojevic, R. 1967a. Spongiaires d’Afrique du Sud. (2) Calcarea.Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 37(3): 183-226,pl. XVI. [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Agulhas Bank [details]
Natal (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
South Africa (country) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
South African Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:164445
Taxonomic
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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2010-02-05 18:56:51Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Grantessa ramosa (Haeckel, 1872). 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=164445 on 2013-05-23
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