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Halichondria (Halichondria) contorta (Sarà, 1961) 
AphiaID: 165809

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Halichondrida (Order) > Halichondriidae (Family) > Halichondria (Genus) > Halichondria (Halichondria) (Subgenus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Halichondria (Halichondria) Fleming, 1828
Synonymised
taxa		  Halichondria contorta (Sarà, 1961) (subgenus assignment)
 Topsentia contorta Sarà, 1961 (genus transfer)
Sources  original description: Sarà, M. 1961. La fauna di Poriferi delle grotte delle isole Tremiti.Studio ecologico e sistematico. Archivio zoologico italiano 46: 1-59,pls I-II. [details]

from synonym: Van Soest, R.W.M. 2001. Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 85-103 (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Adriatic Sea [details]
Aegean Sea [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Italy (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Links To Encyclopedia of Life
To PESI
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:165809
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2007-07-23 07:07:15Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Halichondria (Halichondria) contorta (Sarà, 1961). 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=165809 on 2013-05-24
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