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Amphimedon rubiginosa Pulitzer-Finali, 1993 
AphiaID: 166692

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
Source  original description: Pulitzer-Finali, G. 1993. A collection of marine sponges from East Africa. Annales Museo Civico Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria" 89: 247-350. [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Chapani Island [details]
East African Coral Coast [details]
Kenya [details]
Mombasa [details]
Ras Iwetine [details]
Zanzibar [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Encyclopedia of Life
Notes  Mombasa, Ras Iwetine, Kenya, 0.5-4 m. Also reported from Zanzibar, Chapani Island, Kenya, 2-3 m. [details]

Holotype: (MBA,13): MSNG 48334 [details]

Type locality: Mombasa, Kenya [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:166692
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2006-11-20 13:07:40Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
2007-11-19 14:55:05Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Amphimedon rubiginosa Pulitzer-Finali, 1993. 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=166692 on 2013-05-20
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