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Tetilla dactyloidea (Carter, 1869) 
AphiaID: 171377

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Spirophorida (Order) > Tetillidae (Family) > Tetilla (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Tetilla Schmidt, 1868
Synonymised
taxa		  Tethya dactyloidea Carter, 1869 (genus transfer)
 Tetilla dactyloidea var. lingua Annandale, 1915 (junior synonym)
Sources  original description: Carter, H.J. 1869a. Description of a Siliceous Sand-Sponge found on the South-east Coast of Arabia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History(4) 3(13): 15-17. [details] [full text]

additional source: Thomas, P.A. 1979. Studies on sponges of the Mozambique channel. I. Sponges of the Inhaca Island. II. Sponges of Mambone and Paradise Islands. Annales du Musée royal de l’Afrique centrale, Sciences zoologiques 227: 1-73, pls I-III. [details] [full text]

additional source: Carter, H.J. 1872d. Additonal information on the structure of Tethya dactyloidea Cart. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4) 9:82-85, pl. 10 [details] [full text]

from synonym: Van Soest, R.W.M.; Rützler, K. 2002. Family Tetillidae Sollas, 1888. Pp. 85-98. In: Hooper JNA, Van Soest RWM (eds) Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer, Plenum, New York, pp. i-xlviii, 1-1704. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Annandale, N. 1915d. Fauna of the Chilka Lake: Sponges. Memoirs of the Indian Museum 5 (I): 21-54. Plates III,IV, V [details] [view taxon] [full text]

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Variety Tetilla dactyloidea var. lingua Annandale, 1915 accepted as Tetilla dactyloidea (Carter, 1869)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution type locality: Western Arabian Sea [details]
Indian Ocean [details]
Mambone Islands [details]
Omani Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Pacific Ocean [details]
Paradise Islands [details]
South India and Sri Lanka (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Specimen  Syntype: BM BMNH 1925.12.1.7 [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
Note  Specimen: M.R.A.C. no 564 [details]
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Tethya dactyloidea Carter, 1869
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Tethya dactyloidea Carter, 1869
added on 2012-07-04 - author: van Soest, Rob
qualitystatus: checked by van Soest, Rob on 2012-07-04 22:03:48
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:171377
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2005-12-10 09:33:16Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2005-12-19 12:19:58Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-09-29 02:49:47Z  changed  Hooper, John
  
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  Citation: Hooper, J. (2013). Tetilla dactyloidea (Carter, 1869). 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=171377 on 2013-05-22
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