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Forcepia mertoni Hentschel, 1912 
AphiaID: 191225

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Myxillina (Suborder) > Coelosphaeridae (Family) > Forcepia (Genus)
Status alternate representation (subgenus assignment)
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Accepted name  Forcepia (Forcepia) mertoni Hentschel, 1912
Rank Species
Parent Forcepia Carter, 1874
Source  original description: Hentschel, E. 1912. Kiesel- und Hornschwämme der Aru- und Kei-Inseln. Abhandlungen herausgegeben von der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft 34(3): 293-448, pls 13-21. [details] [full text]

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

Type locality: Aru & Kai Islands, Indonesia [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:191225
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Date   action   by
2005-12-18 15:00:44Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2010-05-24 12:36:33Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Forcepia mertoni Hentschel, 1912. 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=191225 on 2013-05-19
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