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Euplectella aspera Schulze, 1896 
AphiaID: 171896

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Hexactinellida (Class) > Hexasterophora (Subclass) > Lyssacinosida (Order) > Euplectellidae (Family) > Euplectellinae (Subfamily) > Euplectella (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Euplectella Owen, 1841
Sources  original description: Schulze, F.E. 1896. Hexactinelliden des indischen Oceanes. II. Theil. Die Hexasterophora. Abhandlungen der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Berlin 3: 1-92, pls I-VIII. [details] [full text]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Indian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Maldives [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To ITIS
Notes  Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]

Type locality: Laccadives [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:171896
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2005-12-14 08:51:02Z  changed  Claus, Simon
2010-05-24 12:36:33Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
2010-05-26 10:00:22Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Euplectella aspera Schulze, 1896. 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=171896 on 2013-05-25
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