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Myxilla (Styloptilon) anchorata (Bergquist & Fromont, 1988) 
AphiaID: 239396

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Myxillina (Suborder) > Myxillidae (Family) > Myxilla (Genus) > Myxilla (Styloptilon) (Subgenus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Myxilla (Styloptilon) Cabioch, 1968
Synonymised
taxa		  Phorbas anchorata (Bergquist & Fromont, 1988) (genus transfer)
 Pronax anchorata Bergquist & Fromont, 1988 (genus transfer)
Sources  original description: Bergquist, P.R.; Fromont, P.J. 1988. The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Porifera, Demospongiae, Part 4 (Poecilosclerida). New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 96: 1-197. [details] [full text]

from synonym: Kelly, M. (2009). Demospongiae, Calcarea (Porifera). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details] [view taxon]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution New Zealand [details]
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Northeastern New Zealand [details]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
Note  This is a junior homonym of Myxilla (Styloptilon) anchorata (Cabioch, 1968). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:239396
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2007-05-15 08:54:02Z  created  van Soest, Rob
2010-06-28 08:42:34Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Myxilla (Styloptilon) anchorata (Bergquist & Fromont, 1988). 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=239396 on 2013-05-26
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