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Leucophloeus lewisi van Soest & Stentoft, 1988 
AphiaID: 192256

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Halichondrida (Order) > Halichondriidae (Family) > Leucophloeus (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Axinyssa ambrosia (de Laubenfels, 1936)
Rank Species
Parent Leucophloeus Carter, 1883 accepted as Ciocalypta Bowerbank, 1862
Sources  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]

basis of record: Díaz, M.C.; Pomponi, S.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. 1993. A systematic revision of the central West Atlantic Halichondrida (Demospongiae, Porifera). Part III: Description of valid species. Pp. 283-306. In: Uriz, M.-J. & Rützler, K. (Eds), Recent Advances in Ecology and Systematics of Sponges. Scientia Marina, 57(4): 273-4. [details] [full text]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Barbados Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Specimen  Holotype: ZMA Por. 05401, locality Eastern Caribbean (Barbados, 750 m off Holetown, dredged) [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:192256
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-12-18 15:00:44Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2007-08-27 08:53:24Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Leucophloeus lewisi 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=192256 on 2013-06-19
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