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Paresperella levii Uriz, 1987 
AphiaID: 234194

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Mycalina (Suborder) > Mycalidae (Family) > Paresperella (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (genus transfer)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Mycale (Paresperella) levii (Uriz, 1987)
Rank Species
Parent Paresperella Dendy, 1905 accepted as Mycale (Paresperella) Dendy, 1905
Sources  original description: Uriz, M.J. 1987. Sponges from the South-West of Africa: description of species. Pp. 54-73. In: Jones,W.C. (Ed.), European Contributions to the Taxonomy of Sponges. (Sherkin Island Marine Station: Sherkin Island, County Cork): 1-140. [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]
Note  This is a nomen novum for the misidentified Paresperella atlantica sensu Lévi, 1963 (not P. atlantica Stephens, 1917). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:234194
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2006-10-14 18:05:59Z  created  van Soest, Rob
2007-07-19 10:21:28Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
2009-04-19 11:11:00Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Paresperella levii Uriz, 1987. 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=234194 on 2013-05-20
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