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Didiscus oxeata Hechtel, 1983 
AphiaID: 165975

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Halichondrida (Order) > Heteroxyidae (Family) > Didiscus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Didiscus Dendy, 1922
Synonymised
taxa
  Didiscus flavus van Soest, 1984 (junior synonym)
Didiscus habanensis Alcolado, 1984 (junior synonym)
Sources  original description: Hechtel, G.J. 1983. New species of marine Demospongiae from Brazil. Iheringia (Zoologia) (63): 58-89. [details] [full text]

basis of record: Hiemstra, F.; Van Soest, R.W.M. 1991. Didiscus verdensis spec. nov.(Porifera: Halichondrida) from the Cape Verde Islands, with a revision and phylogenetic classification of the genus Didiscus. Zoölogische Mededelingen. Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie te Leiden 65(1-14):39-52 [details] [full text]

additional source: Rützler, K., R. W. M. van Soest, and C. Piantoni. 2009. Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 285–313 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]

from synonym: Van Soest, R.W.M. 1984b. Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part III. Poecilosclerida. In: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 112. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 62 (191): 1-173. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

from synonym: Alcolado, P.M. (1984). Nuevas especies de esponjas encontradas en Cuba [New species of sponges from Cuba]. Poeyana 271: 1-22 (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon] [full text]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Belize [details]
Bonaire [details]
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Caribbean Sea [details]
Cuba [details]
Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Curaçao [details]
Greater Antilles [details]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
Jamaica [details]
Netherlands Antilles and Aruba Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Northeastern Brazil [details]
Northern Gulf of Mexico [details]
Southern Caribbean [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection
Notes  Holotype: YPM [details]

Type locality: Brazil [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:165975
Taxonomic
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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2007-08-21 14:09:35Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Didiscus oxeata Hechtel, 1983. 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=165975 on 2013-05-22
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