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Psammochela elegans Dendy, 1916 
AphiaID: 169503

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Myxillina (Suborder) > Myxillidae (Family) > Psammochela (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
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Rank Species
Typetaxon of  Psammochela Dendy, 1916
Parent Psammochela Dendy, 1916
Sources  original description: Dendy, A. 1916a. Report on the non-Calcareous Sponges collected by Mr. James Hornell at Okhamandal in Kattiawar in 1905-6. Report to the Government of Baroda on the Marine Zoology of Okhamandal in Kattiawar 2: 93-146, pls I-IV. [details] [full text]

basis of record: Van Soest, R.W.M. 2002. Family Myxillidae Dendy, 1922. Pp. 602-620. In Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Indian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Western India [details]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
Notes  Holotype: BMNH 1920.12.9.36 [details]

Type locality: India [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:169503
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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2007-05-27 08:52:10Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Psammochela elegans Dendy, 1916. 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=169503 on 2013-05-19
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