WoRMS taxon details
Geodia ovifractus Burton, 1926
AphiaID: 170151
AphiaID: 170151
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Astrophorida (Order) > Geodiidae (Family) > Geodiinae (Subfamily) > Geodia (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Geodia Lamarck, 1815 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Geodia (Isops) ovifractus 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]
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] | ||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Variety Geodia ovifractus var. cyathioides Burton, 1926 | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Natal [details] South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details] | ||||||||||
| Link | To Encyclopedia of Life | ||||||||||
| Note |
Type locality: South Africa [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:170151 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Geodia ovifractus 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=170151 on 2013-05-23 | |||||||||||
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