WoRMS taxon details
Aaptos alphiensis Samaai & Gibbons, 2005
AphiaID: 234246
AphiaID: 234246
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Hadromerida (Order) > Suberitidae (Family) > Aaptos (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Aaptos Gray, 1867 | ||||||||||
| Source |
original description: Samaai, T.; Gibbons, M.J. 2005. Demospongiae taxonomy and biodiversity of the Benguela region on the west coast of South Africa. African Natural History, 1: 1-96 [details] | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Namaqua [details] South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details] | ||||||||||
| Link | To Encyclopedia of Life | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Holotype: Holotype: SAM-H4895 (fragment of holotype BMNH 1997.5.12.59) (Ts 476), Coral Gardens, Oudekraal, Cape Town (33°59’S, 17°23’E), depth 12 m, collected by M.J. Gibbons, G. Isaacs, and Z. Toeffie, 15 October 1996. [details] Paratype: BMNH 1997.5.12.59 (Ts 476), Coral Gardens, Oudekraal, Cape Town (33°59’S, 17°23’E), depth 12 m, collected by M.J. Gibbons, G. Isaacs, and Z. Toeffie, 15 October 1996. [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:234246 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Aaptos alphiensis. 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=234246 on 2013-06-18 | |||||||||||
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