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Aurora oxytoxa Thomas, 1973 
AphiaID: 190138

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Astrophorida (Order) > Ancorinidae (Family) > Aurora (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (genus transfer)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Rhabdastrella oxytoxa (Thomas, 1973)
Rank Species
Parent Aurora Sollas, 1888 accepted as Rhabdastrella Thiele, 1903
Sources  original description: Thomas, P.A. 1973a. Marine Demospongiae of Mahe Island in the Seychelles Bank (Indian Ocean). Annales du Musée royal de l’Afrique centrale. Série in 8vo. Sciences zoologiques (203): 1-96, pls 1-8. (look up in IMIS) [details] [full text]

basis of record: Uriz, M.J. (2002). Family Ancorinidae Schmidt, 1870, in: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (Ed.) (2002). Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges. pp. 108-126 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Thomas, P.A. 1981. A second collection of marine Demospongiae from Mahe Island in the Seychelles Bank (Indian Ocean). Annalen. Reeks in 8 - Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika: zoologische wetenschappen, 233. Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika: Tervuren, Belgium. 54 plates pp. [details] [full text]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Mahe Island [details]
Seychelles [details]
Specimen  Holotype: MRAC 1400, locality Seychelles (Mahé) [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:190138
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-12-18 15:00:44Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-06-16 13:30:27Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Aurora oxytoxa Thomas, 1973. 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=190138 on 2013-05-22
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