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Hymedesmia mertoni Hentschel, 1912 
AphiaID: 191881

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Myxillina (Suborder) > Hymedesmiidae (Family) > Hymedesmia (Genus)
Status alternate representation (subgenus assignment)
Record
status
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Accepted name  Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) mertoni Hentschel, 1912
Rank Species
Parent Hymedesmia Bowerbank, 1864
Sources  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]

additional source: Uriz, M.J. 1988. Deep-water sponges from the continental shelf and slope off Namibia (Southwest Africa): Classses Hexactinellida and Demospongia. Monografías de Zoología Marina 3: 9-157. [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Azores Exclusive Economic Zone (not valid[details]
Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Namibian Exclusive Economic Zone (probably not valid[details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To PESI
Notes  Holotype: SMF [details]

Type locality: Aru & Kai Islands, Indonesia [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:191881
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Date   action   by
2005-12-18 15:00:44Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2007-05-19 19:12:39Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Hymedesmia 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=191881 on 2013-05-22
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