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Gomphostegia Topsent, 1896 
AphiaID: 184711

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Mycalina (Suborder) > Mycalidae (Family)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (junior synonym)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Mycale (Rhaphidotheca) Kent, 1870
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Gomphostegia loricata Topsent, 1896 (type by monotypy)
Parent Mycalidae Lundbeck, 1905
Sources  original description: Topsent, E. 1896b. Campagnes du Yacht Princesse Alice. Sur deux curieuses Espérellines des Açores. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 21: 147-150. [details] [full text]

basis of record: Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hajdu, E. 2002. Family Mycalidae Lundbeck, 1905. Pp. 669-690. 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 Gomphostegia loricata Topsent, 1896 accepted as Mycale (Rhaphidotheca) loricata (Topsent, 1896)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:184711
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-12-12 17:12:35Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2006-02-08 09:07:24Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
2007-07-06 09:34:03Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Gomphostegia Topsent, 1896. 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=184711 on 2013-06-20
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