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Dercitus natalensis (Burton, 1926) 
AphiaID: 234411

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Astrophorida (Order) > Ancorinidae (Family) > Dercitus (Genus)
Status species inquirenda
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Dercitus Gray, 1867
Synonymised
taxa		  Stoeba natalensis Burton, 1926 (genus transfer)
Sources  original description: Burton, M. 1926a. Description of South African sponges collected in the South African Marine Survey. Part I. Myxospongia and Astrotetraxonida. Fisheries Bulletin. Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey Division, Union of South Africa Rept. 4 (Special Rept. 9): 1-29, 6 pls. [details] [full text]

basis of record: Samaai, T. 2006. Biodiversity "hotspots", patterns of richness and endemism, and distribution of marine sponges in South Africa based on actual and interpolation data: A comparative approach. Zootaxa 1358: 1-37. [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Natal [details]
South Africa (country) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:234411
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2006-11-15 13:14:06Z  created  Samaai, Toufiek
2007-08-27 15:12:00Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
2010-12-14 13:14:28Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Dercitus natalensis (Burton, 1926). 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=234411 on 2013-05-18
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