WoRMS taxon details
Geodia megaster Burton, 1926 AphiaID: 170145
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Astrophorida (Order) > Geodiidae (Family) > Geodiinae (Subfamily) > Geodia (Genus)
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| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Geodia Lamarck, 1815 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised names |
Geodia (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] [show all] | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | ||||||||||
| Distribution | From editor or global species database
Natal [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]From other sources
South Africa Natal [details](no group) South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details] | ||||||||||
| Link | To Encyclopedia of Life | ||||||||||
| Note | From other sources
Type locality South Africa [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:170145 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: van Soest, R. (2014). Geodia megaster 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.; Cárdenas, P. (2014) World Porifera database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=170145 on 2014-04-21 | |||||||||||
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