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Halichondria distorta Bowerbank, 1866 
AphiaID: 191464

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Halichondrida (Order) > Halichondriidae (Family) > Halichondria (Genus)
Status alternate representation (synonym)
Record
status
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Accepted name  Axinella dissimilis (Bowerbank, 1866)
Rank Species
Parent Halichondria Fleming, 1828
Source  original description: Bowerbank, J.S. 1866a. A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 2. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-388. (look up in IMIS[details] [full text]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution United Kingdom [details]
Notes  Technically, this name has page priority over Isodictya dissimilis Bowerbank, 1866 (now Axinella dissimilis), but it may be suppressed as a forgotten name. [details]

Holotype: BMNH [details]

Type locality: Great Britain [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:191464
Taxonomic
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Date   action   by
2005-12-18 15:00:44Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2006-11-28 13:22:27Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
2007-09-07 19:12:58Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Halichondria distorta Bowerbank, 1866. 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=191464 on 2013-05-19
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