WoRMS taxon details
Haliclona (Gellius) megastoma Burton, 1928
AphiaID: 166541
AphiaID: 166541
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Haplosclerida (Order) > Haplosclerina (Suborder) > Chalinidae (Family) > Haliclona (Genus) > Haliclona (Gellius) (Subgenus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Haliclona (Gellius) Gray, 1867 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Gellius megastoma Burton, 1928 (genus transfer) Haliclona megastoma (Burton, 1928) (subgenus assignment) | ||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Burton, M. 1928a. Report on some Deep-Sea Sponges from the Indian Museum collected by R.I.M.S. ‘Investigator’. Part II. Tetraxonida (concluded) and Euceratosa. Records of the Indian Museum 30 (1): 109-138, pls I-II. [details] [full text]
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| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Andaman and Nicobar Islands [details] Andaman and Nicobar Islands Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] India [details] | ||||||||||
| Specimen | Holotype (from synonym): IMC 292, locality Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Andaman Islands) [view taxon] | ||||||||||
| Link | To Encyclopedia of Life | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:166541 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Haliclona (Gellius) megastoma Burton, 1928. 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=166541 on 2013-06-20 | |||||||||||
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