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Amorphina duchassaingi Topsent, 1889 
AphiaID: 178279

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Halichondrida (Order) > Halichondriidae (Family) > Amorphina (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (genus transfer)
Record
status
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Accepted name  Aaptos duchassaingi (Topsent, 1889)
Rank Species
Parent Amorphina Schmidt, 1870 accepted as Halichondria (Halichondria) Fleming, 1828
Source  original description: Topsent, E. 1889. Quelques spongiaires du Banc de Campêche et de la Pointe-à-Pître. Mémoires de la Société zoologique de France 2: 30-52. [details] [full text]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Mexican Exclusive Economic Zone [Caribbean part] [details]
Notes  Holotype: MNHN [details]

Type locality: Banc Campeche, Mexican Caribbean [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:178279
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Date   action   by
2005-08-01 09:45:49Z  created  Aracina, Claudia
2007-08-24 14:11:24Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Amorphina duchassaingi Topsent, 1889. 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=178279 on 2013-05-24
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