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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 editorAstrophorida (Order) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorThoosidae (Family) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAlectona (Genus)
Status accepted
Rank Species
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAlectona Carter, 1879
Synonymised
names		  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorNisella verticillata Johnson, 1899 (genus transfer)
Sources  original description Johnson, J.Y. 1899. Notes on some Sponges belonging to the Clionidae obtained at Madeira. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society 1899:461-463, pl. VI. [details] [full text]

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Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution  Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editortype locality Azores Canaries Madeira [details]
From editor or global species database
North Atlantic Ocean
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMadeira [details]
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPortuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From regional or thematic species database
Trusted: edited by a thematic editorMadeira [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
From other sources
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMadeiran Exclusive Economic Zone [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. (2014). 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.; 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=170396 on 2014-07-31
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