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Discodermia natalensis Kirkpatrick, 1903 
AphiaID: 171225

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > 'Lithistida' (Order) > Theonellidae (Family) > Discodermia (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Discodermia du Bocage, 1869
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: Samaai, T. 2006. Biodiversity "hotspots", patterns of richness and endemism, and distribution of marine sponges in South Africa based on actual and interpolation data: A comparative approach. Zootaxa 1358: 1-37. [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]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Natal [details]
South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To ITIS
Note  Type locality: Natal, South Africa [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:171225
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2006-10-19 14:22:39Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Discodermia natalensis 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=171225 on 2013-05-19
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