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Tylodesma truncata (Hentschel, 1912) 
AphiaID: 234365

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Mycalina (Suborder) > Desmacellidae (Family) > Tylodesma (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (reverted genus transfer)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Biemna truncata Hentschel, 1912
Rank Species
Parent Tylodesma Thiele, 1903 accepted as Desmacella Schmidt, 1870
Sources  original description: Hentschel, E. 1912. Kiesel- und Hornschwämme der Aru- und Kei-Inseln. Abhandlungen herausgegeben von der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft 34(3): 293-448, pls 13-21. [details] [full text]

source of synonymy: Thomas, P.A. 1981. A second collection of marine Demospongiae from Mahe Island in the Seychelles Bank (Indian Ocean). Annalen. Reeks in 8 - Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika: zoologische wetenschappen, 233. Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika: Tervuren, Belgium. 54 plates pp. [details] [full text]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Mahe Island [details]
Notes  please note that Tylodesma is a junior synonym of Desmacella. Hentschel (1912) had this as a species of Biemna and it was transferred to Tylodesma by Thomas (1973). Cannot confirm generic validity, but species are indicated as a synonym of Biemna truncata Hentschel (1912). [details]

Specimen: Reg. No. 1543, 1546 and 1663 [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:234365
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2006-11-10 07:36:39Z  created  Wambiji, Nina
2006-11-13 07:52:18Z  changed  Samaai, Toufiek
2006-11-16 08:37:38Z  changed  Samaai, Toufiek
2007-06-15 18:37:25Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Tylodesma truncata (Hentschel, 1912). 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=234365 on 2013-05-22
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