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Discodermia emarginata Dendy, 1905 
AphiaID: 171217

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > 'Lithistida' (Order) > Theonellidae (Family) > Discodermia (Genus)
Status accepted
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Rank Species
Parent Discodermia du Bocage, 1869
Source  original description: Dendy, A. 1905. Report on the sponges collected by Professor Herdman,at Ceylon, in 1902. Pp. 57-246, pls I-XVI. In: Herdman, W.A. (Ed.), Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar. 3(Supplement 18). (Royal Society: London). [details] [full text]

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 Variety Discodermia emarginata var. lamellaris Wilson, 1925
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution South India and Sri Lanka [details]
Sri Lankan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To ITIS
Note  Type locality: Gulf of Mannaar, Sri Lanka [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:171217
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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2006-11-25 18:55:41Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Discodermia emarginata Dendy, 1905. 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=171217 on 2013-05-18
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