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Theonella swinhoei Gray, 1868 
AphiaID: 171264

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > 'Lithistida' (Order) > Theonellidae (Family) > Theonella (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
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Rank Species
Typetaxon of  Theonella Gray, 1868
Parent Theonella Gray, 1868
Synonymised
taxa
  Dactylocalyx prattii Bowerbank, 1869 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Theonella pratti (Bowerbank, 1869) (junior synonym)
Sources  original description: Gray, J.E. 1868b. Note on Theonella, a New Genus of Coralloid Sponges from Formosa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1868 (3): 565-566. [details] [full text]

basis of record: Pisera, A.; Lévi, C. 2002. Family Theonellidae Lendenfeld, 1903. Pp. 327-337. 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]

additional source: Ilan, M., Gugel, J., Van Soest, R.W.M.(2004). Taxonomy, reproduction and ecology of new and known Red Sea sponges.Sarsia 89:388-410. [details] [full text]

additional source: Lévi, C. 1958. Résultats scientifiques des Campagnes de la ‘Calypso’.Campagne 1951-1952 en Mer Rouge (suite). 11. Spongiaires de Mer Rouge recueillis par la ‘Calypso’ (1951-1952). Annales de l’Institut océanographique 34(3): 3-46. [details]

additional source: Topsent, E. 1897a. Spongiaires de la Baie d’Amboine. (Voyage de MM. M. Bedot et C. Pictet dans l’Archipel Malais). Revue suisse de Zoologie 4: 421-487, pls 18-21. [details] [full text]

additional source: Vacelet, J.; Vasseur, P. 1971. Éponges des récifs coralliens de Tuléar (Madagascar). Téthys, Supplément 1: 51-126. [details] [full text]

additional source: Pulitzer-Finali, G. 1993. A collection of marine sponges from East Africa. Annales Museo Civico Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria" 89: 247-350. [details]

from synonym: Bowerbank, J.S. 1869b. A Monograph of the Siliceo-fibrous Sponges.Part I. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1869(1):66-100, pls III-VI. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

from synonym: 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] [view taxon] [full text]

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 Variety Theonella swinhoei var. verrucosa Wilson, 1925
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Aldabra [details]
Andaman and Nicobar Islands [details]
Banda Sea [details]
East African Coral Coast [details]
Gulf of Aqaba [details]
India (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Indian Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Indo-Pacific [details]
Mombasa [details]
North Kenya Banks [details]
Northern and Central Red Sea [details]
Northern Monsoon Current Coast [details]
Red Sea [details]
Saudi Arabian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Seychelles [details]
Shelly Beach (Mombasa) [details]
Southern China [details]
Taiwanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Tuléar [details]
Western and Northern Madagascar [details]
Zanzibar [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection
Notes  habitat: coral reefs [details]

Holotype: BMNH 65.12.15.2 [details]

Type locality: Taiwan [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:171264
Taxonomic
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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). Theonella swinhoei Gray, 1868. 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=171264 on 2013-05-25
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