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Amphius huxleyi Sollas, 1888 
AphiaID: 189950

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Astrophorida (Order) > Thoosidae (Family) > Amphius (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (genus transfer)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Neamphius huxleyi (Sollas, 1888)
Rank Species
Typetaxon of  Amphius Sollas, 1888
 Neamphius de Laubenfels, 1953
Parent Amphius Sollas, 1888 accepted as Neamphius de Laubenfels, 1953
Sources  original description: Sollas, W.J. 1888. Report on the Tetractinellida 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 25(63): 1-458, pls I-XLIV, 1 map. [details] [full text]

basis of record: Rützler, K. 2002. Family Alectonidae Rosell, 1996. Pp. 281-290. 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 Vanuatu Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Specimen  Holotype: BMNH 1889.1.1.76, locality Vanuatu (New Hebrides, Api) [details]
Image 
Amphius huxleyi Sollas, 1886, holotype
Amphius huxleyi Sollas, 1886, holotype
added on 2012-02-20 - author: van Soest, Rob
qualitystatus: checked by van Soest, Rob on 2012-02-20 12:10:41
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:189950
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-12-18 15:00:44Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2010-02-22 19:19:49Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Amphius huxleyi Sollas, 1888. 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=189950 on 2013-05-21
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