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Merriamium de Laubenfels, 1936 
AphiaID: 184791

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Myxillina (Suborder) > Hymedesmiidae (Family)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (junior synonym)
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Accepted name  Phorbas Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Merriamium tortuganense de Laubenfels, 1936 (type by monotypy)
Parent Hymedesmiidae Topsent, 1928
Sources  original description: Laubenfels, M.W. De 1936a. A Discussion of the Sponge Fauna of the Dry Tortugas in Particular and the West Indies in General, with Material for a Revision of the Families and Orders of the Porifera. Carnegie Institute of Washington (Tortugas Laboratory Paper N° 467) 30: 1-225, pls 1-22. [details]

basis of record: Van Soest, R.W.M. 2002. Family Hymedesmiidae. In:Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds). Systema Porifera, a guide to the classification of sponges. Pp 575-593. Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers, New York. [details]

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Species Merriamium lindgreni de Laubenfels, 1939 accepted as Lissodendoryx (Ectyodoryx) lindgreni (de Laubenfels, 1939)
Species Merriamium roosevelti de Laubenfels, 1939 accepted as Lissodendoryx (Ectyodoryx) roosevelti (de Laubenfels, 1939)
Species Merriamium tortuganense de Laubenfels, 1936 accepted as Phorbas amaranthus Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Species Merriamium tortuganensis de Laubenfels, 1936 accepted as Phorbas amaranthus Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:184791
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Date   action   by
2005-12-12 17:12:35Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2006-02-06 18:34:25Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Merriamium de Laubenfels, 1936. 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=184791 on 2013-06-18
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