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Azoricidae Sollas, 1888 
AphiaID: 171053

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > 'Lithistida' (Order)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent 'Lithistida'
Synonymised
taxa		  Leiodermatiidae Lendenfeld, 1903 (junior synonym)
Sources  original description: Sollas, W.J. 1888. Report on the Tetractinellida collected by H.M.S. Challenger, during the years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, 1873-1876. Zoology 25(63): 1-458, pls I-XLIV, 1 map. [details] [full text]

from synonym: Lendenfeld, R. Von 1903. Porifera. Tetraxonia. Pp. vi-xv, 1-168. In:Schulze, Franz Eilhard (Ed.), Das Tierreich. 19. (Friedländer: Berlin). [details] [view taxon] [full text]

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  » Species Jereicopsis graphidophora Lévi & Lévi, 1983
Genus Leiodermatium Schmidt, 1870
  » Species Leiodermatium colini Kelly, 2007
» Species Leiodermatium crassiusculum (Sollas, 1888)
» Species Leiodermatium dampieri Kelly, 2007
» Species Leiodermatium deciduum (Schmidt, 1879)
» Species Leiodermatium heteroformis (Bowerbank, 1869)
» Species Leiodermatium intermedia (Sollas, 1888)
» Species Leiodermatium linea Kelly, 2007
» Species Leiodermatium lynceus Schmidt, 1870
» Species Leiodermatium marginatum (Sollas, 1888)
» Species Leiodermatium paniceus (Sollas, 1888)
» Species Leiodermatium pfeifferae (Carter, 1873)
» Species Leiodermatium obtectum (Schmidt, 1879) accepted as Setidium obtectum Schmidt, 1879
» Species Leiodermatium ramosum Schmidt, 1870 accepted as Siphonidium ramosum (Schmidt, 1870)

Genus Azorica Carter, 1873 accepted as Leiodermatium Schmidt, 1870
  » Species Azorica crassiuscula Sollas, 1888 accepted as Leiodermatium crassiusculum (Sollas, 1888)
» Species Azorica cribrophora Schmidt, 1880 accepted as Aciculites cribrophora (Schmidt, 1880)
» Species Azorica marginata Sollas, 1888 accepted as Leiodermatium marginatum (Sollas, 1888)
» Species Azorica pfeifferae Carter, 1873 accepted as Leiodermatium pfeifferae (Carter, 1873)
  » Variety Azorica pfeifferae var. intermedia Sollas, 1888 accepted as Leiodermatium intermedia (Sollas, 1888)
» Variety Azorica pfeifferae var. tenuilaminaris Sollas, 1888 accepted as Leiodermatium lynceus Schmidt, 1870
Genus Coscinospongia Bowerbank, 1869 accepted as Leiodermatium Schmidt, 1870
  » Species Coscinospongia gracilis Lendenfeld, 1907 accepted as Neoschrammeniella bowerbankii (Johnson, 1863)
» Species Coscinospongia heteroformis (Bowerbank, 1869) accepted as Leiodermatium heteroformis (Bowerbank, 1869)
Genus Tretolophus Sollas, 1888 accepted as Leiodermatium Schmidt, 1870
  » Species Tretolophus paniceus Sollas, 1888 accepted as Leiodermatium paniceus (Sollas, 1888)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Link To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:171053
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2010-03-26 19:23:38Z  checked  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Azoricidae Sollas, 1888. 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=171053 on 2013-05-23
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