WoRMS taxon details
Microscleroderma hirsutum Kirkpatrick, 1903
AphiaID: 171189
AphiaID: 171189
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > 'Lithistida' (Order) > Scleritodermidae (Family) > Microscleroderma (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||
| Typetaxon of |
Microscleroderma Kirkpatrick, 1903 | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Microscleroderma Kirkpatrick, 1903 | ||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Amphibleptula hirsuta (Kirkpatrick, 1903) (reverted genus transfer) | ||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Kirkpatrick, R. 1903a. Descriptions of South African Sponges. Part II.Marine Investigations in South Africa 2(14): 171-180, pl. IV. [details] [full text]
additional source: Perez, T.; Vacelet, J.; Bitar, G.; Zibrowius, H. (2004). Two new lithistids (Porifera: Demospongiae) from a shallow eastern Mediterranean cave (Lebanon). J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 84(1): 15-24. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Burton, M. 1929b. Description of South African sponges collected in the South African Marine Survey. Part II. The ‘Lithistidae’, with critical survey of the desma-forming sponges. Fisheries Bulletin. Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey Division, Union of South Africa Report 7. Special Report 2: 1-12. [details] [full text] from synonym: Van Soest, R.W.M.; Stentoft, N. 1988. Barbados Deep-Water Sponges. In: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 122. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao andother Caribbean Islands, 70(215): 1-175. [details] [view taxon] [full text] from synonym: 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] [view taxon] | ||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Arabian Sea [details] Natal (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Western Arabian Sea [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Link | To Encyclopedia of Life | ||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Holotype: BMNH 1902.5.26.1 [details] Type locality: Natal, South Africa [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:171189 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Microscleroderma hirsutum 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=171189 on 2013-05-24 | |||||||||||||||||
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