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Stelletta sphaerica Burton, 1926 
AphiaID: 169997

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: 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]

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]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Namaqua [details]
South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
Note  Type locality: South Africa [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:169997
Taxonomic
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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 sphaerica Burton, 1926. 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=169997 on 2013-05-23
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