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Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) tenuissima (Dendy, 1905) 
AphiaID: 169267

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Myxillina (Suborder) > Hymedesmiidae (Family) > Hymedesmia (Genus) > Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) (Subgenus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) Bowerbank, 1864
Synonymised
taxa		  Hymedesmia tenuissima (Dendy, 1905) (subgenus assignment)
 Myxilla tenuissima Dendy, 1905 (genus transfer)
Sources  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]

from synonym: Topsent, E. 1928c. Spongiaires de l’Atlantique et de la Méditerranée provenant des croisières du Prince Albert ler de Monaco. Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco 74:1-376, pls I-XI. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Gulf of Mannar [details]
South India and Sri Lanka [details]
Sri Lanka (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:169267
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2009-04-19 11:11:00Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) tenuissima (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.; Cristina Díaz, M. (2013) World Porifera database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=169267 on 2013-05-24
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