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Dendropsis Ridley & Dendy, 1886 
AphiaID: 184671

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Halichondrida (Order) > Heteroxyidae (Family)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (junior synonym)
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Accepted name  Higginsia Higgin, 1877
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Dendropsis bidentifera Ridley & Dendy, 1886 (type by monotypy)
Parent Heteroxyidae Dendy, 1905
Sources  original description: Ridley, S.O.; Dendy, A. 1886. Preliminary Report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. ‘Challenger’. Annals and Magazine of Natural History(5) 18: 325-351, 470-493. [details] [full text]

original description: Ridley, S.O.; Dendy, A. 1887. Report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. ‘Challenger’ during the years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. ‘Challenger’, 1873-1876.Zoology 20(59): i-lxviii, 1-275, pls I-LI, 1 map. [details] [full text]

basis of record: Hooper, J.N.A. 2002. Family Desmoxyidae Hallmann, 1916. Pp. 755-772. 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 Dendropsis bidentifera Ridley & Dendy, 1886 accepted as Higginsia bidentifera (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
Species Dendropsis mixta Hentschel, 1912 accepted as Higginsia mixta Hentschel, 1912
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:184671
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2005-12-12 17:12:35Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2006-02-02 18:34:03Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Dendropsis Ridley & Dendy, 1886. 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=184671 on 2013-05-20
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