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Acarnus wolffgangi Keller, 1889 
AphiaID: 167358

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Microcionina (Suborder) > Acarnidae (Family) > Acarnus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Acarnus Gray, 1867
Sources  original description: Keller, C. 1889. Die Spongienfauna des rothen Meeres (I. Hälfte). Z. wiss. Zool. 48: 311-405, pls XX-XXV (look up in IMIS[details] [full text]

basis of record: 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]

source of synonymy: Hooper, J.N.A. 1986b. New records of Acarnus Gray (Porifera: Demospongiae: Poecilosclerida) from Australia, with a synopsis of the genus. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 25 (1): 71-105. [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Arafura Sea [details]
Australia [details]
Banda Sea [details]
Bonaparte Coast [details]
Eritrean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Halmahera [details]
Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Lesser Sunda [details]
Saudi Arabian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Southern Red Sea [details]
Western and Northern Madagascar [details]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
Notes  The record of Acarnus thielei by Hooper, 1986 (Australia) is attributable to this species. [details]

Holotype: ZMB 2922 [details]

Type locality: Eritrea [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:167358
Taxonomic
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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2006-11-18 20:13:05Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
2007-01-05 12:53:53Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Acarnus wolffgangi Keller, 1889. 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=167358 on 2013-06-19
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