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Acanthella pulcherrima Ridley & Dendy, 1886 
AphiaID: 165664

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Halichondrida (Order) > Dictyonellidae (Family) > Acanthella (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
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Rank Species
Parent Acanthella Schmidt, 1862
Sources  original description: Ridley, S.O.; Dendy, A. 1886. Preliminary Report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. ‘Challenger’. Annals and Magazine of Natural History(5) 18: 325-351, 470-493. [details] [full text]

original description: Ridley, S.O.; Dendy, A. 1887. Report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. ‘Challenger’ during the years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. ‘Challenger’, 1873-1876.Zoology 20(59): i-lxviii, 1-275, pls I-LI, 1 map. [details] [full text]

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Variety Acanthella pulcherrima var. calyx Dendy, 1922 accepted as Acanthella calyx (Dendy, 1922)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Sahul Shelf [details]
Torres Strait Northern Great Barrier Reef [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
Notes  Holotype: BMNH [details]

Type locality: Cape York, N Australia [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:165664
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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2007-08-18 17:45:06Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Acanthella pulcherrima Ridley & Dendy, 1886. 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=165664 on 2013-06-18
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