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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGeodia megaster Burton, 1926 
AphiaID: 170145

Classification: Biota > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnimalia (Kingdom) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPorifera (Phylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorDemospongiae (Class) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHeteroscleromorpha (Subclass) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorTetractinellida (Order) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAstrophorina (Suborder) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGeodiidae (Family) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGeodiinae (Subfamily) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGeodia (Genus) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGeodia megaster (Species)
Status accepted
Rank Species
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGeodia Lamarck, 1815
Orig. name Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGeodia megaster Burton, 1926
Synonymised
names		  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGeodia (Synops) megaster Burton, 1926 (subgenus transfer)
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]

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Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution  Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editortype locality contained in South Africa [details]
From editor or global species database
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorNatal [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
From other sources
South Africa
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorNatal [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorSouth African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Link Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Encyclopedia of Life 
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From other sources
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorType locality South Africa [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:170145
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2010-02-12 09:19:42Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2010). Geodia megaster Burton, 1926. In: 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.; Rios Lopez, P.; Downey, R. (2017). World Porifera database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=170145 on 2017-10-22
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