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Megalopastas retiara Dendy, 1916 
AphiaID: 192407

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Dendroceratida (Order) > Dictyodendrillidae (Family) > Megalopastas (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (genus transfer)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Spongionella retiara (Dendy, 1916)
Rank Species
Parent Megalopastas Dendy, 1905 accepted as Spongionella Bowerbank, 1862
Sources  original description: Dendy, A. 1916a. Report on the non-Calcareous Sponges collected by Mr. James Hornell at Okhamandal in Kattiawar in 1905-6. Report to the Government of Baroda on the Marine Zoology of Okhamandal in Kattiawar 2: 93-146, pls I-IV. [details] [full text]

additional source: Lévi, C. 1961a. Résultats scientifiques des Campagnes de la ‘Calypso’.Campagne 1954 dans l’Océan Indien (suite). 2. Les spongiaires de l’Ile Aldabra. Annales de l’Institut océanographique 39(1): 1-32, pls 1-2. [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Aldabra [details]
Coast of Arabia [details]
Indian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Okhamandal [details]
Omani Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Note  Type locality: India [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:192407
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-12-18 15:00:44Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2006-11-07 07:59:13Z  changed  Nsiangango, Silvi Edith
2010-05-30 09:12:59Z  checked  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Megalopastas retiara Dendy, 1916. 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=192407 on 2013-05-22
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