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Scleritodermidae Sollas, 1888 
AphiaID: 171172

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > 'Lithistida' (Order)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent 'Lithistida'
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]

basis of record: Pisera, A.; Lévi, C. 2002. Family Scleritodermidae Sollas, 1888. Pp. 302-311. 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]

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taxa
[show all]		 Genus Aciculites Schmidt, 1879
Genus Amphibleptula Schmidt, 1879
Genus Microscleroderma Kirkpatrick, 1903
Genus Pomelia Zittel, 1878
Genus Scleritoderma Sollas, 1888
Genus Setidium Schmidt, 1879

Genus Seliscothon sensu Döderlein, 1884 accepted as Microscleroderma Kirkpatrick, 1903
Genus Sympyla Sollas, 1888 accepted as Aciculites Schmidt, 1879
Genus Taprobane Dendy, 1905 accepted as Microscleroderma Kirkpatrick, 1903
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:171172
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2006-12-09 19:55:42Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Scleritodermidae. 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=171172 on 2013-06-19
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