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Haliclona (Haliclona) epiphytica Zea & de Weerdt, 1999 
AphiaID: 166592

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Haplosclerida (Order) > Haplosclerina (Suborder) > Chalinidae (Family) > Haliclona (Genus) > Haliclona (Haliclona) (Subgenus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Haliclona (Haliclona) Grant, 1836
Synonymised
taxa		  Haliclona epiphytica Zea & de Weerdt, 1999 (subgenus assignment)
Sources  original description: Zea, S.; De Weerdt, W.H. 1999. Haliclona (Haliclona) epiphytica n.sp. (Porifera, Demospongiae, Haplosclerida), a seaweed-dwelling sponge from the Colombian Caribbean. Beaufortia 49 (13): 171-176. [details] [full text]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Caribbean Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Colombia (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Colombian part of the Caribbean Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Southern Caribbean [details]
Specimen  Holotype: ZMA Por. 15559, locality Southwestern Caribbean (Riohacha, Guajira, in front of slaughterhouse on Laurencia poitei) [details]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:166592
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2007-10-13 14:45:22Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Haliclona (Haliclona) epiphytica Zea & de Weerdt, 1999. 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=166592 on 2013-05-20
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