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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAlectona verticillata (Johnson, 1899) 
AphiaID: 170396

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 editorThoosidae (Family) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAlectona (Genus) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAlectona verticillata (Species)
Status accepted
Rank Species
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAlectona Carter, 1879
Orig. name Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorNisella verticillata Johnson, 1899
Synonymised
names		  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorNisella verticillata Johnson, 1899 (genus transfer)
Sources  basis of record Rützler, K. 2002. Family Alectonidae Rosell, 1996. Pp. 281-290. In Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). [details]

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Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution  Trusted: edited by a thematic editortype locality Azores Canaries Madeira [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Links Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Encyclopedia of Life 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo PESI 
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:170396
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-12-10 09:33:16Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2006-01-03 18:48:18Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2006). Alectona verticillata (Johnson, 1899). 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.; Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Díaz, M.-C.; Cárdenas, P.; Carballo, J. L. (2016). World Porifera database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=170396 on 2016-09-30
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