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Discodermia verrucosa Topsent, 1928 
AphiaID: 171236

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: Topsent, E. 1928c. Spongiaires de l’Atlantique et de la Méditerranée provenant des croisières du Prince Albert ler de Monaco. Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco 74:1-376, pls I-XI. [details] [full text]

additional source: Pomponi, S.A.; Kelly, M.; Reed, J.K.; Wright, A.E. 2001. Diversity and bathymetric distribution of lithistid sponges in the tropical western Atlantic. Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington 10: 344-353. [details] [full text]

additional source: Burton, M. 1956. The sponges of West Africa. Atlantide Report (Scientific Results of the Danish Expedition to the Coasts of Tropical West Africa, 1945-1946, Copenhagen) 4: 111-147. [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Azores Canaries Madeira [details]
Canaries [details]
Canary Islands [details]
Canary Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Eastern Caribbean [details]
Specimen  Unknown type: MNHN DT 1199, locality Canary Islands (stn 1717) [details]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
Notes  Holotype: MOM [details]

Type locality: Gran Canaria [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:171236
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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2006-11-26 15:28:15Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Discodermia verrucosa Topsent, 1928. 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=171236 on 2013-05-25
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