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Spheciospongia tentorioides (Dendy, 1905) 
AphiaID: 170561

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Hadromerida (Order) > Clionaidae (Family) > Spheciospongia (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Spheciospongia Marshall, 1892
Synonymised
taxa
  Spirastrella tentorioides Dendy, 1905 (genus transfer)
Sources  original description: Dendy, A. 1905. Report on the sponges collected by Professor Herdman,at Ceylon, in 1902. Pp. 57-246, pls I-XVI. In: Herdman, W.A. (Ed.), Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar. 3(Supplement 18). (Royal Society: London). [details] [full text]

basis of record: Van Soest, R.W.M.; Beglinger, E.J. 2008. Tetractinellid and hadromerid sponges from the Sultanate of Oman. Zoölogische Mededelingen Leiden 82 (53): 749-790. [details] [full text]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Oman [details]
South India and Sri Lanka [details]
Sri Lanka (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Specimen  Holotype (from synonym): BMNH 1907.2.1.24, locality Sri Lanka (Gulf of Manaar) [view taxon]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:170561
Taxonomic
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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2009-01-09 08:33:43Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Spheciospongia tentorioides (Dendy, 1905). 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=170561 on 2013-05-24
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