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Acanthocinachyra seychellensis Thomas, 1973 
AphiaID: 178309

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Spirophorida (Order) > Tetillidae (Family) > Acanthocinachyra (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (genus transfer)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Acanthotetilla seychellensis (Thomas, 1973)
Rank Species
Parent Acanthocinachyra Lévi, 1964 accepted as Acanthotetilla Burton, 1959
Sources  original description: Thomas, P.A. 1973a. Marine Demospongiae of Mahe Island in the Seychelles Bank (Indian Ocean). Annales du Musée royal de l’Afrique centrale. Série in 8vo. Sciences zoologiques (203): 1-96, pls 1-8. (look up in IMIS) [details] [full text]

basis of record: Van Soest, R.W.M. 1977b. A revision of the megacanthoxea-bearing tetillids (Porifera, Spirophorida), with a description of a new species.In: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J.(Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 89. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 53 (172): 1-14. [details] [full text]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Seychellois Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Specimen  Holotype: MRAC 1410, locality Seychelles (Mahé) [details]
Note  Type locality: Mahé, Seychelles [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:178309
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-08-02 09:02:58Z  created  Aracina, Claudia
2006-09-24 13:55:54Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Acanthocinachyra seychellensis Thomas, 1973. 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=178309 on 2013-06-19
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