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Protosuberites reptans (Kirkpatrick, 1903) 
AphiaID: 170797

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Hadromerida (Order) > Suberitidae (Family) > Protosuberites (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Protosuberites Swartchewsky, 1905
Synonymised
taxa		  Amorphinopsis reptans (Kirkpatrick, 1903) (genus transfer)
 Bubaris reptans Kirkpatrick, 1903 (genus transfer)
 Gilchristia reptans (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]

basis of record: Van Soest, R.W.M. 2002. Family Suberitidae. In: Hooper, J.N.A & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds). Systema Porifera, a guide to the classification of the sponges (in 2 volumes). Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers, New York: 1-1708, i-xlviii. [details]

from synonym: Burton, M. 1928a. Report on some Deep-Sea Sponges from the Indian Museum collected by R.I.M.S. ‘Investigator’. Part II. Tetraxonida (concluded) and Euceratosa. Records of the Indian Museum 30 (1): 109-138, pls I-II. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Natal (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
South Africa (country) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
South African Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:170797
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2006-08-31 17:38:30Z  checked  van Soest, Rob
2006-10-15 14:08:51Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Protosuberites reptans (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=170797 on 2013-05-19
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