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Echinochalina melana van Soest & Stentoft, 1988 
AphiaID: 190990

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Microcionina (Suborder) > Microcionidae (Family) > Microcioninae (Subfamily) > Echinochalina (Genus)
Status alternate representation (subgenus assignment)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Echinochalina (Echinochalina) melana van Soest & Stentoft, 1988
Rank Species
Parent Echinochalina Thiele, 1903
Source  original description: Van Soest, R.W.M.; Stentoft, N. 1988. Barbados Deep-Water Sponges. In: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 122. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao andother Caribbean Islands, 70(215): 1-175. [details] [full text]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Barbados [details]
Barbados Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Caribbean Sea [details]
Specimen  Holotype: ZMA Por. 05509, locality Eastern Caribbean (Barbados, off Paynes Bay, dredged) [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:190990
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-12-18 15:00:44Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2010-05-23 14:38:17Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Echinochalina melana van Soest & Stentoft, 1988. 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=190990 on 2013-05-24
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