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Dercitopsis ceylonica Dendy, 1905 
AphiaID: 190822

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Homoscleromorpha (Class) > Homosclerophorida (Order) > Plakinidae (Family) > Dercitopsis (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (genus transfer)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Plakinastrella ceylonica (Dendy, 1905)
Rank Species
Typetaxon of  Dercitopsis Dendy, 1905
Parent Dercitopsis Dendy, 1905 accepted as Plakinastrella Schulze, 1880
Sources  original description: Dendy, A. 1905. Report on the sponges collected by Professor Herdman,at Ceylon, in 1902. Pp. 57-246, pls I-XVI. In: Herdman, W.A. (Ed.), Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar. 3(Supplement 18). (Royal Society: London). [details] [full text]

original description: Muricy, G.; Diaz, M.C. (2002). Order Homosclerophorida Dendy, 1905. Family Plakinidae Schulze, 1880, in: Hooper, J.N.A.; van Soest, R.W.M. (Ed.) (2002). Systema porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges. pp. 71-82 (look up in IMIS) [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Sri Lankan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Notes  Holotype: BMNH [details]

Type locality: Sri Lanka [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:190822
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-12-18 15:00:44Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2010-01-31 13:28:51Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Dercitopsis ceylonica Dendy, 1905. 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=190822 on 2013-05-26
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