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Paradesmanthus macphersoni (Uriz, 1988) 
AphiaID: 171096

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > 'Lithistida' (Order) > Desmanthidae (Family) > Paradesmanthus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Paradesmanthus Pisera & Lévi, 2002
Synonymised
taxa		  Desmanthus macphersoni Uriz, 1988 (genus transfer)
Sources  original description: Uriz, M.J. 1988. Deep-water sponges from the continental shelf and slope off Namibia (Southwest Africa): Classses Hexactinellida and Demospongia. Monografías de Zoología Marina 3: 9-157. [details]

basis of record: Pisera, A.; Lévi, C. 2002. Family Desmanthidae Topsent, 1893. Pp. 356-362. 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
Distribution Namib [details]
Namibia [details]
Namibian Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:171096
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2006-10-14 18:05:59Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Paradesmanthus macphersoni (Uriz, 1988). 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=171096 on 2013-05-22
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