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Topsentia rugosa (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) 
AphiaID: 165961

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Halichondrida (Order) > Halichondriidae (Family) > Topsentia (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
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Rank Species
Parent Topsentia Berg, 1899
Synonymised
taxa
  Halichondria rugosa Ridley & Dendy, 1886 (genus transfer)
Halichondria solida var. rugosa Ridley & Dendy, 1886 (genus transfer and status change)
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]

from synonym: Bergquist, P.R. 1961a. Demospongiae (Porifera) of the Chatham Islands and Chatham Rise, collected by the Chatham Islands 1954 Expedition. New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Bulletin [New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 13]139(5): 169-206. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

from synonym: Kirkpatrick, R. 1900a. On the Sponges of Christmas Island. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1900: 127-141, pls XII-XIII. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Christmas Island Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Cocos-Keeling/Christmas Island [details]
Micronesia (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Vanuatu [details]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:165961
Taxonomic
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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2007-08-29 13:07:36Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Topsentia rugosa (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=165961 on 2013-05-23
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