WoRMS taxon details
Geodia megaster Burton, 1926
170145 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:170145)
accepted
Species
Geodia (Synops) megaster Burton, 1926 (subgenus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Burton, M. (1926). 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. Report 4, Special Report 9 (6): 1-29. [details] 
Note South Africa
Type locality South Africa [details]
Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schönberg, C.; Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Díaz, M.-C.; Cárdenas, P.; Carballo, J. L.; Ríos, P.; Downey, R. (2018). World Porifera database. Geodia megaster Burton, 1926. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=170145 on 2018-06-19
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original description
Burton, M. (1926). 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. Report 4, Special Report 9 (6): 1-29. [details]
original description (ofGeodia (Synops) megaster Burton, 1926) Burton, M. (1926). 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. Report 4, Special Report 9 (6): 1-29. [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] Available for editors
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original description (ofGeodia (Synops) megaster Burton, 1926) Burton, M. (1926). 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. Report 4, Special Report 9 (6): 1-29. [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] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Type locality
From other sources
Type locality South Africa [details]