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Sphenopus Steenstrup, 1856 
AphiaID: 267847

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Zoanthidea (Order) > Brachycnemina (Suborder) > Sphenopidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Sphenopus marsupialis (Gmelin, 1791) (type by monotypy)
Typetaxon of  Sphenopidae Hertwig, 1882
Parent Sphenopidae Hertwig, 1882
Source  basis of record: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Sphenopus arenaceus Hertwig, 1882
Species Sphenopus marsupialis (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Sphenopus pedunculatus Hertwig, 1888
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267847
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2008-01-14 11:18:07Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2010-06-29 11:12:15Z  checked  Reimer, James Davis
2011-10-04 13:36:00Z  changed  Reimer, James Davis
  
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  Citation: Reimer, J. (2013). Sphenopus Steenstrup, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267847 on 2013-05-24
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