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Clathria (Microciona) africana (Lévi, 1956) 
AphiaID: 167609

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Microcionina (Suborder) > Microcionidae (Family) > Microcioninae (Subfamily) > Clathria (Genus) > Clathria (Microciona) (Subgenus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Clathria (Microciona) Bowerbank, 1862
Synonymised
taxa
  Microciona africana Lévi, 1956 (genus transfer)
Sources  original description: Lévi, C. 1956b. Spongiaires de la région de Dakar. Bulletin de l’Institut français d’Afrique noire (A, Sciences naturelles) 18(2): 391-405. [details] [full text]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Sahelian Upwelling [details]
Senegalese Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:167609
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2010-04-05 14:14:43Z  checked  van Soest, Rob
2012-02-05 14:43:38Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Clathria (Microciona) africana (Lévi, 1956). 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=167609 on 2013-06-19
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