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Halicometes cometes (Schmidt, 1879) 
AphiaID: 170909

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Hadromerida (Order) > Tethyidae (Family) > Halicometes (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Halicometes Topsent, 1898
Synonymised
taxa		  Tethya cometes Schmidt, 1879 (genus transfer)
Sources  original description: Schmidt, O. 1879. Die Spongien des Meerbusen von Mexico (Und des caraibischen Meeres). Abtheilung I. Heft I. Pp. 1-32, pls I-IV. In:Reports on the dredging under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico, by the USCSS ‘Blake’. (Gustav Fischer: Jena). [details] [full text]

basis of record: Sarà, M. 2002. Family Tethyidae Gray, 1848. Pp. 245-267. 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]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Gulf of Mexico [details]
United States part of the Gulf of Mexico (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:170909
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2005-09-09 16:45:37Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2010-05-24 18:09:26Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Halicometes cometes (Schmidt, 1879). 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=170909 on 2013-05-25
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