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Dactylospongia metachromia (de Laubenfels, 1954) 
AphiaID: 165313

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Dictyoceratida (Order) > Thorectidae (Family) > Thorectinae (Subfamily) > Dactylospongia (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Dactylospongia Bergquist, 1965
Synonymised
taxa		  Hippospongia metachromia de Laubenfels, 1954 (genus transfer)
Sources  basis of record: De Laubenfels, M.W. (1954). The sponges of the West-Central Pacific. Oregon State Monographs. Studies in Zoology 7: i-x, 1-306. [details]

additional source: Cook, S.D.C.; Bergquist, P.R. 2002. Family Thorectidae Bergquist, 1978. Pp. 1028-1050. 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]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Palau Islands (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
West Caroline Islands [details]
Specimens  Unknown type: USNM 23123 [details]
Holotype (from synonym): USNM 23123, locality West Caroline Islands (Palau Islands, Koror Island, NW part of lagoon) [view taxon]
Links To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
Image 
Hippospongia metachromia
[image from synonym]
Hippospongia metachromia
added on 2010-04-02 - author: van Soest, Rob
qualitystatus: checked by van Soest, Rob on 2010-04-02 20:51:04
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:165313
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2010-04-02 15:32:26Z  checked  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Dactylospongia metachromia (de Laubenfels, 1954). 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=165313 on 2013-06-20
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