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Isodictya compressa (Esper, 1794) 
AphiaID: 168448

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Mycalina (Suborder) > Isodictyidae (Family) > Isodictya (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
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Rank Species
Parent Isodictya Bowerbank, 1864
Synonymised
taxa
  Homoeodictya compressa (Esper, 1794) (genus transfer)
Spongia compressa Esper, 1794 (genus transfer)
Spongia pannea Lamarck, 1814 (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Sources  original description: Esper, E.C.J. 1794. Die Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet, nebst Beschreibungen. Zweyter Theil. (Raspe: Nürnberg):1-303. [details]

basis of record: Samaai, T.; Gibbons, M.J. 2005. Demospongiae taxonomy and biodiversity of the Benguela region on the west coast of South Africa. African Natural History, 1: 1-96 [details]

redescription: Topsent, E. 1931 [1930]. Éponges de Lamarck conservées au Muséum de Paris. Archives du Muséum national d’histoire naturelle. Paris (6) 5:1-56, pls I-IV. [details]

original description (from synonym): Lamarck, J.B.P. De Monet, Comte De, 1813-1814. Sur les polypiers empâtés. Suite du mémoire intitulé: Sur les Polypiers empâtés. Suite des éponges. Annales du Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, Paris 20 (6): 294-312 (published 1813), 370-386, 432-458 (published 1814). [details] [view taxon]

new combination reference (from synonym): Lévi, C. 1963. Spongiaires d’Afrique du Sud. (1) Poecilosclérides.Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 37(1): 1-72, pls I-X. [details] [view taxon]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Namaqua (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
South African Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
South African part of the South Atlantic Ocean [details]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
Note  Additional Material: South Africa - SAM-H4921 (fragment BMNH 1997.5.12.113) (Ts 185),
South Paw, Oudekraal (33°56’S, 17°21’E), depth 17–20 m,
collected by P. Coetzee, 23 April 1996. Ts 289, Hout Bay
(34°03’S, 18°20’E), depth 12–15 m, collected by T. Samaai,
10 January 1997. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:168448
Taxonomic
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Date   action   by
2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2007-07-02 09:04:27Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
2007-07-05 12:35:40Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Isodictya compressa (Esper, 1794). 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=168448 on 2013-06-20
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