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Rossella racovitzae Topsent, 1901 
AphiaID: 172104

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Hexactinellida (Class) > Hexasterophora (Subclass) > Lyssacinosida (Order) > Rossellidae (Family) > Rossellinae (Subfamily) > Rossella (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Rossella Carter, 1872
Synonymised
taxa
  Rossella podagrosa Kirkpatrick, 1907 (junior synonym)
Rossella podagrosa var. tenuis Topsent, 1917 (junior synonym)
Sources  original description: Topsent, E. 1901d. Spongiaires. Résultats du voyage du S.Y. ‘Belgica’en 1897-99 sous le commandement de A. de Gerlache de Gomery. Expédition antarctique belge. Zoologie 4: 1-54, pls I-VI. [details] [full text]

original description: Topsent, E. 1901a. Notice préliminaire sur les éponges recueuillies par l'Expédition Antarctique Belge. Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale (3) 9 (Notes et Revue): v-xvi. [details] [full text]

additional source: Kunzmann K. (1996). Die mit ausgewählten Schwämmen (Hexactinellida und Demospongiae) aus dem Weddellmeer, Antarktis, vergesellschaftete Fauna. Berichte zur Polarforschung, 210, 1-93. [details]

from synonym: Topsent, E. 1917. Spongiaires. Pp. 1-88, pls 1-6. In: Joubin, L. (Ed.), Deuxième Expédition Antarctique Française (1908-1910) Commandée par le Dr. Jean Charcot. Sciences Physiques: Documents Scientifiques (Paris). 4. (Masson & Cie: Paris). [details] [view taxon] [full text]

from synonym: Kirkpatrick, R. 1907b. Porifera Hexactinellida. National Antarctic Expedition (S.S. ‘Discovery’) 1901-1904. Natural History : 1-25, pls 1-7. [details] [view taxon] [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]

Direct child
taxa

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 Variety Rossella racovitzae var. hexactinophila Kirkpatrick, 1907
Variety Rossella racovitzae var. microdiscina Topsent, 1916
Variety Rossella racovitzae var. racovitzae Topsent, 1901

Subspecies Rossella racovitzae minuta Schulze & Kirkpatrick, 1910 accepted as Rossella racovitzae var. racovitzae Topsent, 1901
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Amundsen/Bellingshausen Sea [details]
Antarctic 200NM zone beyond the coastline  [details]
Antarctic Ocean (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Antarctic Peninsula [details]
East Antarctic Dronning Maud Land [details]
East Antarctic Enderby Land [details]
East Antarctic Wilkes Land [details]
Malvinas/Falklands [details]
Ross Sea [details]
South Georgia [details]
Weddell Sea [details]
Specimens  Holotype (from synonym): MNHN HT 26, locality Alexander Island (Dr 10) [view taxon]
Syntype: IRSNB/KBIN POR.004, locality Amundsen/Bellingshausen Sea [details]
Syntype: IRSNB/KBIN POR.005, locality Amundsen/Bellingshausen Sea [details]
Syntype: IRSNB/KBIN POR.006, locality Amundsen/Bellingshausen Sea [details]
Syntype: IRSNB/KBIN POR.007, locality Amundsen/Bellingshausen Sea [details]
Syntype: MNHN HT 102, locality Amundsen/Bellingshausen Sea [details]
Syntype: MNHN HT 103, locality Amundsen/Bellingshausen Sea [details]
Syntype: MNHN HT 104, locality Amundsen/Bellingshausen Sea [details]
Links To Antarctic Invertebrates
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection
Images 
Topsent (1902, pl. 1)
Topsent (1902, pl. 1)
added on 2009-08-18 - author: E. Topsent
scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten
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Topsent (1902, pl. 4)
Topsent (1902, pl. 4)
added on 2009-08-18 - author: E. Topsent
scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:172104
Taxonomic
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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2009-07-31 08:48:50Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Rossella racovitzae Topsent, 1901. 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=172104 on 2013-05-22
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