WoRMS taxon details
Niphates rowi Ilan, Gugel & van Soest, 2004
AphiaID: 166787
AphiaID: 166787
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Haplosclerida (Order) > Haplosclerina (Suborder) > Niphatidae (Family) > Niphates (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Niphates Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 | ||||||||||
| Source |
original description: Ilan, M., Gugel, J., Van Soest, R.W.M.(2004). Taxonomy, reproduction and ecology of new and known Red Sea sponges.Sarsia 89:388-410. page(s): 401 [details] [full text] | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Elat [details] Israeli part of the Gulf of Aqaba [details] Northern and Central Red Sea [details] | ||||||||||
| Link | To Encyclopedia of Life | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Distribution: Found in very shallow locations .It appeared in high numbers at the highest subtidal locations and was never observed below the depth of 4 m. The highest numbers of the species were found at the depth between 1 and 2 m. It was found mostly on vertical walls rather than horizontal, overhanging or ascending substrates. It usually grew on barren rocks, occasionallly near living corals. [details] Holotype: Encrusting specimen collected on 8th january 1999 ZMTAU SP25155 [details] Type: Paratypes ZMTAU SP25174 collected on 8th january 1999 ZMTAU SP25175 collected on 7th january 1999 ZMTAU SP25176 collected on 7thjanuary 1999 ZMTAU SP25177 collected on 7thjanuary 1999 ZMA POR17083 coolected on 7th january 1999 [details] Type locality: Elat, Israel [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:166787 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Niphates rowi Ilan, Gugel & van Soest, 2004. 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=166787 on 2013-05-19 | |||||||||||
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