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Amphimedon massalis (Carter, 1886) 
AphiaID: 166680

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Haplosclerida (Order) > Haplosclerina (Suborder) > Niphatidae (Family) > Amphimedon (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Amphimedon Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Synonymised
taxa
  Haliclona massalis (Carter, 1886) (genus transfer)
Thalysias massalis Carter, 1886 (genus transfer)
Sources  original description: Carter, H.J. 1886c. Descriptions of Sponges from the Neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads, South Australia, continued. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5) 18: 34-55, 126-149. [details] [full text]

basis of record: Hooper, J.N.A.; Wiedenmayer, F. 1994. Porifera. Pp. 1-620. In: Wells, A. (Ed.), Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 12. (CSIRO: Melbourne)., available online at http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/taxa/PORIFERA/checklist#selected [details]

from synonym: Hooper, J.N.A. & F. Wiedenmayer (1994). Porifera. In Wells, A. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 12. Melbourne, CSIRO, available online at http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/taxa/PORIFERA/checklist#selected [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Carter, H.J. 1886b. Descriptions of Sponges from the Neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads, South Australia, continued. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5) 17 (97, 98, 101, 102): 40-53, 112-127, 431-441, 502-516. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Bassian [details]
South Australia (state) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:166680
Taxonomic
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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2007-11-10 18:43:38Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Amphimedon massalis (Carter, 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=166680 on 2013-05-24
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