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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorNiphates digitalis (Lamarck, 1814) 
AphiaID: 166775

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 editorNiphates (Genus)
Status accepted
Rank Species
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorNiphates Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Synonymised
taxa		  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorDasychalina cyathina de Laubenfels, 1936 (genus transfer & junior homonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSclerochalina cyathus Schmidt, 1870 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSpongia digitalis Lamarck, 1814 (genus transfer)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorTuba crispa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorTuba digitalis (Lamarck, 1814) (genus transfer)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorTuba digitalis var. villosa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorTuba incerta Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorTuba pavonina Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Sources  original description Lamarck, J.B.P. De Monet, Comte De, 1813-1814. Sur les polypiers empâtés. Suite du mémoire intitulé: Sur les Polypiers empâtés. Suite des éponges. Annales du Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, Paris 20 (6): 294-312 (published 1813), 370-386, 432-458 (published 1814). [details]

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Forma Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorNiphates digitalis f. amorpha Wiedenmayer, 1977 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorNiphates amorpha Wiedenmayer, 1977
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution 
From editor or global species database
Caribbean Sea
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCaribbean Sea [details]
United States
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSaint Thomas [details]
(no group)
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorBahamian [details]
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorBritish Virgin Islands [details]
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorEastern Caribbean [details]
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorFloridian [details]
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGreater Antilles [details]
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorNorthern Gulf of Mexico [details]
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSouthern Caribbean [details]
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSouthwestern Caribbean [details]
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorWestern Caribbean [details]
From other sources
Belize
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorBelize [details]
Colombia
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorColombia [details]
Costa Rica
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorCosta Rica [details]
Cuba
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorCuba [details]
Gulf of Mexico
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorUnited States part of the Gulf of Mexico [details]
Jamaica
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorJamaica [details]
Mexico
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMexico [details]
North Atlantic Ocean
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorBarbados [details]
(no group)
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorCayman Islands [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorHispaniola [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorVirgin Islands [details]
Links Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Encyclopedia of Life 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo GenBank (7 nucleotides; 6 proteins) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Sponge Barcoding Database (Niphates digitalis) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Sponge Barcoding Database (Niphates digitalis) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Sponge Barcoding Database (Niphates digitalis) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Sponge Barcoding Database (Niphates digitalis) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:166775
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2008-07-15 18:58:20Z  checked  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Niphates digitalis (Lamarck, 1814). 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/authority/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=166775 on 2014-03-07
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