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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAmphimedon brevispiculifera (Dendy, 1905) 
AphiaID: 166660

Classification: Biota > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnimalia (Kingdom) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPorifera (Phylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorDemospongiae (Class) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHaplosclerida (Order) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHaplosclerina (Suborder) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorNiphatidae (Family) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAmphimedon (Genus)
Status accepted
Rank Species
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAmphimedon Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Synonymised
taxa		  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorNiphates brevispiculifera (Dendy, 1905) (genus transfer)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPachychalina brevispiculifera Dendy, 1905 (genus transfer)
Source  original description Dendy, A. 1905. Report on the sponges collected by Professor Herdman,at Ceylon, in 1902. Pp. 57-246, pls I-XVI. In: Herdman, W.A. (Ed.), Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar. 3(Supplement 18). (Royal Society: London). [details] [full text]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution 
From editor or global species database
Sri Lanka
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSri Lanka [details]
(no group)
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSouth India and Sri Lanka [details]
Link Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Encyclopedia of Life 
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:166660
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2007-11-07 16:39:10Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Amphimedon brevispiculifera (Dendy, 1905). 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=166660 on 2014-03-09
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