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Axinella ramosa Burton, 1954 
AphiaID: 190160

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Halichondrida (Order) > Axinellidae (Family) > Axinella (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Ptilocaulis walpersii (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
Rank Species
Parent Axinella Schmidt, 1862
Sources  original description: Burton, M. 1954. Sponges. Pp. 215-239, pl. 9. In: The 'Rosaura' Expedition. Part 5. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology, 2(6). [details] [full text]

basis of record: Alvarez, B.; Van Soest, R.W.M.; Rützler, K. 1998. A Revision of Axinellidae (Porifera: Demospongiae) in the Central West Atlantic Region. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 598: 1-47. [details] [full text]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Southwestern Caribbean [details]
Specimen  Holotype: BMNH 1938.6.30.37, locality Southwestern Caribbean (Mosquito Bank, off Gorda Bay, stat. 31) [details]
Link To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
Image 
Axinella ramosa Burton, 1954
Axinella ramosa Burton, 1954
added on 2012-08-06 - author: van Soest, Rob
qualitystatus: checked by van Soest, Rob on 2012-08-06 13:59:57
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:190160
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-12-18 15:00:44Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2007-08-10 14:08:54Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Axinella ramosa Burton, 1954. 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=190160 on 2013-05-22
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