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Acarnus peruanus van Soest, Hooper & Hiemstra, 1991 
AphiaID: 167348

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Microcionina (Suborder) > Acarnidae (Family) > Acarnus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
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Rank Species
Parent Acarnus Gray, 1867
Source  original description: Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Hiemstra, F. (1991). Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of the marine sponge genus Acarnus (Porifera: Poecilosclerida). Beaufortia 42(3): 49-88 (look up in IMIS[details] [full text]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Central Peru [details]
Peruvian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Specimen  Holotype: USNM 23264, locality Central Peru (Peru, Lobos de Afuera Islands, on wave-washed rocks) [details]
Links To Encyclopedia of Life
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:167348
Taxonomic
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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2007-01-05 18:49:03Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Acarnus peruanus van Soest, Hooper & Hiemstra, 1991. 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=167348 on 2013-05-24
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