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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPetrosia (Petrosia) densissima Dendy, 1905 
AphiaID: 166831

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 editorPetrosina (Suborder) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPetrosiidae (Family) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPetrosia (Genus) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPetrosia (Petrosia) (Subgenus) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPetrosia (Petrosia) densissima (Species)
Status accepted
Rank Species
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPetrosia (Petrosia) Vosmaer, 1885
Synonymised
names		  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPetrosia densissima Dendy, 1905 · accepted, alternate representation (subgenus assignment)
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  Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editortype locality Gulf of Mannar [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
From editor or global species database
Sri Lanka
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSri Lanka [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
(no group)
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSouth India and Sri Lanka [details]
Links Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Encyclopedia of Life 
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:166831
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2008-02-03 14:33:33Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2014). Petrosia (Petrosia) densissima 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.; Díaz, M.-C.; Cárdenas, P. (2014) World Porifera database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=166831 on 2015-02-26
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