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Ancorina acervus (Bowerbank, 1864) 
AphiaID: 234241

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Astrophorida (Order) > Ancorinidae (Family) > Ancorina (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (genus transfer)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Ecionemia acervus Bowerbank, 1864
Rank Species
Parent Ancorina Schmidt, 1862
Sources  original description: Bowerbank, J.S. 1864a. A Monograph of the British Spongiadae.Volume 1. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-290, pls I-XXXVII. (look up in IMIS) [details] [full text]

additional source: Pulitzer-Finali, G. 1993. A collection of marine sponges from East Africa. Annales Museo Civico Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria" 89: 247-350. [details]

additional source: Bergquist, P.R. 1965. The Sponges of Micronesia, Part I. The Palau Archipelago. Pacific Science 19(2): 123-204. [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Mombasa [details]
North Kenya Banks [details]
Palau Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Shimoni [details]
Zanzibar [details]
Link To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:234241
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2006-11-07 10:44:51Z  created  Pepple, Peace
2007-04-17 08:49:08Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
2011-01-19 09:55:26Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Ancorina acervus (Bowerbank, 1864). 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=234241 on 2013-05-21
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