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Nisella Johnson, 1899 
AphiaID: 178383

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Astrophorida (Order) > Thoosidae (Family)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (preoccupied and junior synonym)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Alectona Carter, 1879
Rank Genus
Parent Thoosidae Cockerell, 1925
Sources  original description: Johnson, J.Y. 1899. Notes on some Sponges belonging to the Clionidae obtained at Madeira. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society 1899:461-463, pl. VI. [details] [full text]

basis of record: Rützler, K. 2002. Family Alectonidae Rosell, 1996. Pp. 281-290. In Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). [details]

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Species Nisella verticillata Johnson, 1899 accepted as Alectona verticillata (Johnson, 1899)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Note  Nisella Johnson, 1899 is preoccupied by Nisella Heine & Reichenow, 1890 (Aves). It was erected for type species Nisella verticillata Johnson, 1899, which is a Alectona. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:178383
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Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-08-03 07:15:21Z  created  Aracina, Claudia
2006-01-03 18:48:18Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
2006-01-23 18:44:39Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
2011-04-09 13:38:14Z  changed  Boury-Esnault, Nicole
  
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  Citation: Boury-Esnault, N.; van Soest, R. (2013). Nisella Johnson, 1899. 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=178383 on 2013-05-26
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