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Rossella villosa Burton, 1929 
AphiaID: 172112

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
Source  original description: Burton, M. 1929a. Porifera. Part II. Antarctic sponges. British Antarctic (‘Terra Nova’) Expedition, 1910. Natural History Report, London, British Museum (Natural History). Zoology 6(4): 393-458,pls I-V. [details] [full text]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Antarctic 200NM zone beyond the coastline  [details]
Antarctic Peninsula [details]
East Antarctic Dronning Maud Land [details]
East Antarctic Enderby Land [details]
East Antarctic Wilkes Land [details]
Ross Sea [details]
Weddell Sea [details]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
Notes  Holotype: BMNH [details]

Type locality: Antarctic [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:172112
Taxonomic
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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2010-05-28 17:39:14Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Rossella villosa Burton, 1929. 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=172112 on 2013-05-24
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