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Stelletta agulhana Lendenfeld, 1907 
AphiaID: 169898

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Astrophorida (Order) > Ancorinidae (Family) > Stelletta (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Stelletta Schmidt, 1862
Sources  original description: Lendenfeld, R. Von 1907a. Die Tetraxonia. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf der Dampfer Valdivia 1898-1899 11(1-2): i-iv, 59-374, pls IX-XLVI. [details] [full text]

additional source: Lévi, C. (1967). Spongiaires d'Afrique du Sud. (3) Tetractinellides. Trans. R. Soc. S. Afr. 37: 227-256, pls XVII-XIX (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Samaai, T.; Gibbons, M.J. 2005. Demospongiae taxonomy and biodiversity of the Benguela region on the west coast of South Africa. African Natural History, 1: 1-96 [details]

additional source: Samaai, T. 2006. Biodiversity "hotspots", patterns of richness and endemism, and distribution of marine sponges in South Africa based on actual and interpolation data: A comparative approach. Zootaxa 1358: 1-37. [details]

additional source: Burton, M. 1926a. Description of South African sponges collected in the South African Marine Survey. Part I. Myxospongia and Astrotetraxonida. Fisheries Bulletin. Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey Division, Union of South Africa Rept. 4 (Special Rept. 9): 1-29, 6 pls. [details] [full text]

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 Variety Stelletta agulhana var. paucistella Burton, 1926
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Agulhas Bank [details]
Cape Town [details]
Hermanus [details]
Mossel bay [details]
Namaqua [details]
Natal [details]
Saldanha Bay [details]
South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Still Bay [details]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
Notes  Specimen: Material
SAM-H4886 (fragment BMNH 1997.5.12.37a, Ts 183),
Oudekraal, Cape Town (33°59’S, 18°20’E), depth 15 m, collected
by P. Coetzee, 22 April 1996. BMNH 1997.5.12.37b
(fragment Ts 177), South Paw, Oudekraal, Cape Town
(33°56’25”S, 17°21’95”E), depth 17–20 m, collected by
P. Coetzee, 23 April 1996. Ts 283, Oudekraal, Cape Town,
South Africa (33°59’S, 18°20’E), depth 12 m, collected by
T. Samaai, 5 April 1997. BMNH 1997.5.12.51 (fragment Ts
474), Oudekraal, Cape Town (33°59’S, 18°20’E), depth
12–15 m, collected by T. Samaai, 10 April 1997. Ts 293, Hout
Bay Cape Town (34°03’S, 18°20’E), depth 10–12 m, collected
by T. Samaai, 15 January 1997. Ts 298, Jacobs Bay, near
Saldanha Bay (32°31’S, 17°30’E), depth 2–5 m, collected by
T. Samaai, 10 November 1997. [details]

Type locality: South Africa [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:169898
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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2006-11-17 19:35:29Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Stelletta agulhana Lendenfeld, 1907. 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=169898 on 2013-06-18
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