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Niphates toxifera Vacelet, Bitar, Carteron, Zibrowius & Perez, 2007 
AphiaID: 255141

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Haplosclerida (Order) > Haplosclerina (Suborder) > Niphatidae (Family) > Niphates (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
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Rank Species
Parent Niphates Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Source  original description: Vacelet, J.; Bitar, G.; Carteron, S.; Zibrowius, H.; Perez, T. 2007. Five new sponge species (Porifera: Demospongiae) of subtropical or tropical affinities from the coast of Lebanon (eastern Mediterranean). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK 87 (6): 1539-1552.  [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Levantine Sea [details]
Specimen  Holotype: MNHN DJV 99, locality Lebanese Exclusive Economic Zone (Selaata) [details]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:255141
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2007-12-30 14:35:14Z  created  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Niphates toxifera Vacelet, Bitar, Carteron, Zibrowius & Perez, 2007. 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=255141 on 2013-05-18
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