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Dictyocylindrus pykii Carter, 1879 
AphiaID: 190911

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Microcionina (Suborder) > Raspailiidae (Family) > Raspailiinae (Subfamily) > Dictyocylindrus (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (genus transfer)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Echinodictyum pykii (Carter, 1879)
Rank Species
Parent Dictyocylindrus Bowerbank, 1862 accepted as Raspailia (Clathriodendron) Lendenfeld, 1888
Source  original description: Carter, H.J. 1879b. Contributions to our Knowledge of the Spongida. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5) 3: 284-304, 343-360,pls XXV-XXVII. [details] [full text]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Notes  The original name was pykii, but since Carter clearly states that it is named after the collector Colonel Pyke, the name is corrected to pykei in accordance with the rules of the ICZN. [details]

Type locality: Mauritius [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:190911
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-12-18 15:00:44Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2010-01-27 15:41:44Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
2010-04-22 07:14:39Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
2012-01-16 15:48:56Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Dictyocylindrus pykii Carter, 1879. 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=190911 on 2013-05-25
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