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Plakina jamaicensis Lehnert & van Soest, 1998 
AphiaID: 169740

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Homoscleromorpha (Class) > Homosclerophorida (Order) > Plakinidae (Family) > Plakina (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Plakina Schulze, 1880
Sources  original description: Lehnert, H.; Van Soest, R.W.M. 1998. Shallow water sponges of Jamaica. Beaufortia 48(5): 71-103. [details] [full text]

additional source: Ereskovsky, A.V.; Lavrov, D.V.; Willenz, P. 2013. Five new species of Homoscleromorpha (Porifera) from the Caribbean Sea and re-description of Plakina jamaicensis.Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, doi:10.1017/S0025315413000295, available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315413000295 [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution type locality: Greater Antilles [details]
Belize [details]
Caribbean Sea [details]
Jamaica [details]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
Notes  Holotype: ZMA Por.12736 [details]

Type locality: Jamaica [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:169740
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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2009-03-27 08:42:07Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Plakina jamaicensis Lehnert & van Soest, 1998. 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=169740 on 2013-05-23
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