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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMegalopastas arenifibrosa Dendy & Frederick, 1924 
AphiaID: 192404

Classification: Biota > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnimalia (Kingdom) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPorifera (Phylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorDemospongiae (Class) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorDendroceratida (Order) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorDictyodendrillidae (Family) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMegalopastas (Genus)
Status Unaccepted: synonym, or anything that is not accepted unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Accepted name  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLendenfeldia plicata (Esper, 1794)
Rank Species
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMegalopastas Dendy, 1905 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSpongionella Bowerbank, 1862
Source  original description Dendy, A.; Frederick, L.M. 1924. On a Collection of Sponges from the Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia. Journal of the Linnean Society.Zoology 35: 477-519, pls 25-26. [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution 
From other sources
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorAustralian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Link Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
Note 
From other sources
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorType locality West Australia [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:192404
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-12-18 15:00:44Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2010-04-23 17:31:13Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Megalopastas arenifibrosa Dendy & Frederick, 1924. 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=192404 on 2013-12-09
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