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Carteriospongia otahitica (Esper, 1794) 
AphiaID: 190303

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Dictyoceratida (Order) > Thorectidae (Family) > Phyllospongiinae (Subfamily) > Carteriospongia (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (junior synonym)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Carteriospongia foliascens (Pallas, 1766)
Rank Species
Parent Carteriospongia Hyatt, 1877
Sources  original description: Esper, E.C.J. 1794. Die Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet, nebst Beschreibungen. Zweyter Theil. (Raspe: Nürnberg):1-303. [details]

additional source: 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]

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Variety Carteriospongia otahitica var. aplanata Hyatt, 1877 accepted as Carteriospongia foliascens (Pallas, 1766)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Australia [details]
Mahe Island [details]
Link To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection
Notes  Holotype: MNHN [details]

Type locality: Australia [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:190303
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-12-18 15:00:44Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-07-14 19:01:10Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
2010-04-05 14:14:43Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Carteriospongia otahitica (Esper, 1794). 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=190303 on 2013-05-22
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