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Dercitopsis Dendy, 1905 
AphiaID: 184673

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Homoscleromorpha (Class) > Homosclerophorida (Order) > Plakinidae (Family)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (junior synonym)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Plakinastrella Schulze, 1880
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Dercitopsis ceylonica Dendy, 1905 (type by monotypy)
Parent Plakinidae Schulze, 1880
Source  original description: Dendy, A. 1905. Report on the sponges collected by Professor Herdman,at Ceylon, in 1902. Pp. 57-246, pls I-XVI. In: Herdman, W.A. (Ed.), Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar. 3(Supplement 18). (Royal Society: London). [details] [full text]

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Species Dercitopsis ceylonica Dendy, 1905 accepted as Plakinastrella ceylonica (Dendy, 1905)
Species Dercitopsis minor Dendy, 1916 accepted as Plakinastrella minor (Dendy, 1916)
Species Dercitopsis onkodes (Uliczka, 1929) accepted as Plakinastrella onkodes Uliczka, 1929
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Note  Erected for type species Dercitopsis ceylonica Dendy,1905, which is a Plakinastrella. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:184673
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-12-12 17:12:35Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2006-01-25 20:16:24Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
2010-01-31 13:28:51Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Dercitopsis Dendy, 1905. 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=184673 on 2013-05-18
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