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Hyrtios caracasensis (Carter, 1882) 
AphiaID: 165345

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Dictyoceratida (Order) > Thorectidae (Family) > Thorectinae (Subfamily) > Hyrtios (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Hyrtios Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Synonymised
taxa
  Hircinia caracasensis Carter, 1882 (genus transfer)
Thorectopsamma chromogenia de Laubenfels, 1950 (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Sources  original description: Carter, H.J. 1882a. Some Sponges from the West Indies and Acapulco in the Liverpool Free Museum described, with general and classificatory Remarks. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5) 9(52): 266-301,346-368, pls XI-XII. [details] [full text]

basis of record: Van Soest, R.W.M. 1978. Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part I. Keratosa. In: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 94. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 56 (179): 1–94. [details] [full text]

additional source: Van Soest, R.W.M. 1981. A checklist of the Curaçao sponges (Porifera Demospongiae) including a pictorial key to the more common reef-forms. Verslagen en Technische Gegevens Instituut voor Taxonomische Zoölogie (Zoölogisch Museum) Universiteit van Amsterdam 31: 1-39. [details] [full text]

from synonym: Laubenfels, M.W. De 1950a. The Porifera of the Bermuda Archipelago. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 27(1):1-154, pls I-II. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Bahamian [details]
Bermuda [details]
Bermudian Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Caribbean Sea [details]
Cayman Islands [details]
Southern Caribbean [details]
Venezuela [details]
Links To Encyclopedia of Life
To The Sponge Guide
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:165345
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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2008-04-20 19:06:24Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Hyrtios caracasensis (Carter, 1882). 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=165345 on 2013-05-21
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