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Phakellia cavernosa (Dendy, 1922) 
AphiaID: 220456

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Halichondrida (Order) > Axinellidae (Family) > Phakellia (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (reverted genus transfer)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Acanthella cavernosa Dendy, 1922
Rank Species
Parent Phakellia Bowerbank, 1862
Sources  original description: Dendy, A. 1922b. Report on the Sigmatotetraxonida collected by H.M.S.‘Sealark’ in the Indian Ocean. Pp. 1-164, pls 1-18. In: Reports of the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905, Volume 7. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (2), 18(1). [details] [full text]

source of synonymy: Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Seychelles [details]
Note  Description: Small rounded bush up to 10 cm high, 8 cm wide. Oblong in outline, or with several lobes, attached to substrate by a short stalk. Interior very cavernous; surface with soft multiple conules of even height. Body compressible; colour bright orange. Habitat: fringing reef slopes. Distribution: SE Asia (Richmond, 1997). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:220456
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1998-09-24 13:56:42Z  created  Onyango, Eunice
2000-07-18 15:57:33Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2007-08-12 13:32:37Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
2007-08-17 17:34:12Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Phakellia cavernosa (Dendy, 1922). 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=220456 on 2013-05-23
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