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Acamas laxissima Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 
AphiaID: 189801

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Mycalina (Suborder) > Mycalidae (Family) > Acamas (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (genus transfer)
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Accepted name  Mycale (Arenochalina) laxissima (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
Rank Species
Typetaxon of  Acamas Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Acamasina de Laubenfels, 1936
Mycale (Acamasina) de Laubenfels, 1936
Parent Acamas Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 accepted as Mycale (Arenochalina) Lendenfeld, 1887
Sources  original description: Duchassaing De Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. 1864. Spongiaires de la mer Caraïbe. Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV. [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]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution British Virgin Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Specimen  Holotype: Mus. Torino Por. 34, locality Virgin Islands (St. Thomas) [details]
Link To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:189801
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2005-12-18 15:00:44Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2007-07-06 09:34:03Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Acamas laxissima Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864. 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=189801 on 2013-05-25
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