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Burtonanchora sigmatifera Lévi, 1963 
AphiaID: 240711

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Myxillina (Suborder) > Myxillidae (Family) > Burtonanchora (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (genus transfer)
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status
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Accepted name  Myxilla (Burtonanchora) sigmatifera (Lévi, 1963)
Rank Species
Parent Burtonanchora de Laubenfels, 1936 accepted as Myxilla (Burtonanchora) de Laubenfels, 1936
Sources  original description: Lévi, C. 1963. Spongiaires d’Afrique du Sud. (1) Poecilosclérides.Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 37(1): 1-72, pls I-X. [details]

additional source: Uriz, M.J. 1988. Deep-water sponges from the continental shelf and slope off Namibia (Southwest Africa): Classses Hexactinellida and Demospongia. Monografías de Zoología Marina 3: 9-157. [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Namibian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:240711
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2007-06-01 18:04:47Z  created  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Burtonanchora sigmatifera Lévi, 1963. 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=240711 on 2013-05-20
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