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Stelletta horrens Kirkpatrick, 1902 
AphiaID: 169944

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: Kirkpatrick, R. 1902. Descriptions of South African Sponges. Part I. Marine Investigations in South Africa 1: 219-232, pls I-III. [details] [full text]

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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taxa
[show all]		 Variety Stelletta horrens var. subcylindrica Burton, 1926
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Natal [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
Note  Type locality: South Africa [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:169944
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
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 horrens Kirkpatrick, 1902. 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=169944 on 2013-06-19
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