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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPhyllospongia alcicornis (Esper, 1794) 
AphiaID: 165278

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 editorDictyoceratida (Order) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorThorectidae (Family) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPhyllospongiinae (Subfamily) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPhyllospongia (Genus)
Status accepted
Rank Species
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPhyllospongia Ehlers, 1870
Synonymised
names		  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSpongia alcicornis Esper, 1794 (genus transfer)
Source  original description Esper, E.C.J. 1794. Die Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet, nebst Beschreibungen. Zweyter Theil. (Raspe: Nürnberg):1-303. [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution 
From editor or global species database
Coral Sea
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGreat Barrier Reef [details]
(no group)
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCentral and Southern Great Barrier Reef [details]
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSeychelles [details]
Links Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Encyclopedia of Life 
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:165278
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2010-05-09 15:03:59Z  checked  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2014). Phyllospongia alcicornis (Esper, 1794). 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.; Cárdenas, P. (2014) World Porifera database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=165278 on 2014-07-24
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