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Hemiasterella vasiformis (Kirkpatrick, 1903) 
AphiaID: 170600

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Hadromerida (Order) > Hemiasterellidae (Family) > Hemiasterella (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Hemiasterella Carter, 1879
Synonymised
taxa		  Hemiastrella vasiformis (Kirkpatrick, 1903) (misspelling of genus name)
 Kalastrella vasiformis Kirkpatrick, 1903 (genus transfer)
Sources  original description: Kirkpatrick, R. 1903b. Descriptions of South African Sponges.Part III. Marine Investigations in South Africa 2(14): 233-264, pls V-VI. [details] [full text]

from synonym: Hooper, J.N.A. (2002). Family Hemiasterellidae Lendenfeld, 1889, in: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (Ed.) (2002). Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges. pp. 186-195 (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Burton, M. 1931a. On a Collection of Marine Sponges mostly from the Natal Coast. Annals of the Natal Museum 6 (3): 337-358, pl. XXIII. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Variety Hemiasterella vasiformis var. minor (Kirkpatrick, 1903)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Natal [details]
South African Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:170600
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2010-05-24 18:09:26Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Hemiasterella vasiformis (Kirkpatrick, 1903). 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=170600 on 2013-05-19
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