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Leucophloeus stylifer Stephens, 1915 
AphiaID: 192262

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Halichondrida (Order) > Halichondriidae (Family) > Leucophloeus (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (genus transfer)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Hymeniacidon stylifera (Stephens, 1915)
Rank Species
Parent Leucophloeus Carter, 1883 accepted as Ciocalypta Bowerbank, 1862
Sources  original description: Stephens, J. 1915b. Atlantic Sponges collected by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 50(2): 423-467, pls XXXVIII-XL. [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 Namibian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Note  Type locality: South Africa [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:192262
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-12-18 15:00:44Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2006-10-28 17:01:36Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
2007-08-27 08:53:24Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Leucophloeus stylifer Stephens, 1915. 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=192262 on 2013-05-26
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