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Melophlus sarasinorum Thiele, 1899 
AphiaID: 169852

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Astrophorida (Order) > Geodiidae (Family) > Erylinae (Subfamily) > Melophlus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Typetaxon of  Melophlus Thiele, 1899
Parent Melophlus Thiele, 1899
Synonymised
taxa
  Asteropus sarasinorum (Thiele, 1899) (genus transfer)
Jaspis bandae Brøndsted, 1934 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Stellettinopsis isis de Laubenfels, 1954 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Sources  original description: Thiele, J. 1899. Studien über pazifische Spongien. II. Ueber einige Spongien von Celebes. Zoologica. Original-Abhandlungen aus dem Gesamtgebiete der Zoologie. Stuttgart 24(2): 1-33, pls I-V. [details] [full text]

additional source: Hooper, J.N.A. 2008. Sponges. Pp 170-186. In P. Hutchings, M.J. Kingsford & I.O. Hoegh-Guldberg (eds). The Great Barrier Reef: Biology, Environment and management. (CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne.)
page(s): 180 [details]


from synonym: Laubenfels, M.W. De 1954a. The Sponges of the West-Central Pacific. Oregon State Monographs. Studies in Zoology 7: i-x, 1-306,pls I-XII. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

from synonym: Brøndsted, H.V. 1934. Sponges. Pp. 1-27. In: Van Straelen, V. (Ed.), Résultats Scientifiques du Voyage aux Indes Orientales Néerlandaises de LL. AA. RR. le Prince et la Princesse Léopold de Belgique. Mémoires du Musée royal d’histoire naturelle de Belgique, Hors série, 2 (15). (Brussels). [details] [view taxon] [full text]

from synonym: Willenz P. (1994). Annotated catalogue of Porifera type specimens in the Belgian national collections. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique: Biologie, 64, 5-15. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Bergquist, P.R. 1965. The Sponges of Micronesia, Part I. The Palau Archipelago. Pacific Science 19(2): 123-204. [details] [view taxon]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Ashmore Reef [details]
Banda Sea [details]
Central and Southern Great Barrier Reef [details]
Great Barrier Reef [details]
Indonesia [details]
Palau (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Palau Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Sulawesi Sea/Makassar Strait [details]
West Caroline Islands [details]
Specimens  Holotype (from synonym): IRSNB/KBIN POR.037, locality Banda Sea (Indonesia, Moluccas, Bandanaira) [view taxon]
Holotype: ZMB 2885, locality Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone (Indonesia, Celebes (Sulawesi), Kema) [details]
Holotype: NHMB 4, locality Sulawesi Sea/Makassar Strait (Indonesia, Celebes (Sulawesi), Kema) [details]
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Melophlus sarasinorum
Melophlus sarasinorum
added on 2010-03-03 - author: van Soest, Rob
qualitystatus: checked by van Soest, Rob on 2010-03-03 11:18:42
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:169852
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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2008-06-29 17:47:26Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
2010-03-04 18:40:09Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Melophlus sarasinorum Thiele, 1899. 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=169852 on 2013-05-25
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