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Spiroxya levispira (Topsent, 1898) 
AphiaID: 183648

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Hadromerida (Order) > Clionaidae (Family) > Spiroxya (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
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Rank Species
Parent Spiroxya Topsent, 1896
Synonymised
taxa
  Cliona levispira Topsent, 1898 (genus transfer)
Scantiletta levispira (Topsent, 1898) (genus transfer)
Sources  original description: Topsent, E. 1898b. Eponges nouvelles des Açores. (Première serie) Mémoires de la Société zoologique de France (11): 225-255. [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]

additional source: Van Soest, R.W.M.; Beglinger, E.J. 2009. New bioeroding sponges from Mingulay coldwater reefs, north-west Scotland. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 89 (2): 329-335. [details]

from synonym: Rosell, D. & Uriz, M. J. 2002. Excavating and endolithic sponge species (Porifera) from the Mediterranean: species descriptions and identification key. Organisms, Diversity & Evolution 1-32 [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Van Soest, R.W.M. 2001. Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 85-103 (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Boury-Esnault, N.; Pansini, M.; Uriz, M.J. 1994b. Spongiaires bathyaux de la mer d’Alboran et du golfe ibéro-marocain. Mémoires du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle 160: 1-174. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Burton, M. 1956. The sponges of West Africa. Atlantide Report (Scientific Results of the Danish Expedition to the Coasts of Tropical West Africa, 1945-1946, Copenhagen) 4: 111-147. [details] [view taxon]

context source (Deepsea): Census of Marine Life (2012). SYNDEEP: Towards a first global synthesis of biodiversity, biogeography and ecosystem function in the deep sea. Unpublished data (datasetID: 53), available online at http://dx.doi.org/10/06/SYNDEEP-Towards-a-first-global-synthesis-of-biodiversity-biogeography-and-ecosystem-function-in-the-deep-sea-Eva-Ramirez-Llodra-et-al..pdf [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Atlantic (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Azores (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Azores Canaries Madeira [details]
Azores Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Celtic Seas [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Mediterranean Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Morocco (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
North East Atlantic (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Western Mediterranean [details]
Specimens  Holotype (from synonym): MNHN DT 873, locality Azores (stn 578) [view taxon]
Holotype (from synonym): MNHN DT 874, locality Azores [view taxon]
Links To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:183648
Taxonomic
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Date   action   by
2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2005-09-09 16:45:37Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2005-12-06 19:16:26Z  checked  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Spiroxya levispira (Topsent, 1898). 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=183648 on 2013-05-24
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