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Myxilla (Myxilla) fusca (Whitelegge, 1906) 
AphiaID: 169463

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Myxillina (Suborder) > Myxillidae (Family) > Myxilla (Genus) > Myxilla (Myxilla) (Subgenus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Myxilla (Myxilla) Schmidt, 1862
Synonymised
taxa
  Dendoryx fusca Whitelegge, 1906 (genus transfer)
Sources  original description: Whitelegge, T. 1906. Sponges. Part 1. Monaxonida, Ridley and Dendy. Pp. 453-484, pls XLIII-XLIV. In: Scientific Results of the TrawlingExpedition of H.M.C.S. ‘Thetis’ off the Coast of New South Wales in February and March, 1898. Memoirs of the Australian Museum, 4(9). [details] [full text]

basis of record: Hooper, J.N.A.; Wiedenmayer, F. 1994. Porifera. Pp. 1-620. In: Wells, A. (Ed.), Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 12. (CSIRO: Melbourne)., available online at http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/taxa/PORIFERA/checklist#selected [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Australia (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Manning-Hawkesbury [details]
South East Australia [details]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:169463
Taxonomic
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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2007-05-26 17:14:22Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Myxilla (Myxilla) fusca (Whitelegge, 1906). 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=169463 on 2013-05-24
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