WoRMS taxon details
Axinyssa mertoni (Hentschel, 1912)
AphiaID: 346085
AphiaID: 346085
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Halichondrida (Order) > Halichondriidae (Family) > Axinyssa (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||
| Parent | Axinyssa Lendenfeld, 1897 | |||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Amorphinopsis mertoni (Hentschel, 1912) (genus transfer) Axinyssa pitys (de Laubenfels, 1954) (junior synonym) Ciocalypta mertoni Hentschel, 1912 (genus transfer) Pseudaxinyssa pitys de Laubenfels, 1954 (genus transfer and junior synonym) | |||||||
| Sources |
original description: Hentschel, E. 1912. Kiesel- und Hornschwämme der Aru- und Kei-Inseln. Abhandlungen herausgegeben von der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft 34(3): 293-448, pls 13-21. [details] [full text]
new combination reference: Alvarez, B.; Hooper, J. N. A. 2011. Taxonomic revision of the order Halichondrida (Porifera: Demospongiae) from northern Australia. Family Halichondriidae. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 27: 55-84. page(s): 64 [details] from synonym: Laubenfels, M.W. De 1954a. The Sponges of the West-Central Pacific. Oregon State Monographs. Studies in Zoology 7: i-x, 1-306,pls I-XII. [details] [view taxon] [full text] from synonym: Bergquist, P.R. 1965. The Sponges of Micronesia, Part I. The Palau Archipelago. Pacific Science 19(2): 123-204. [details] [view taxon] | |||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | |||||||
| Distribution | Arafura Sea [details] Indonesia [details] Palau Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Palau Islands (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Sahul Shelf [details] West Caroline Islands (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] | |||||||
| Feedingtype | suspension feeder [details] | |||||||
| Link | To Encyclopedia of Life | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:346085 | |||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Axinyssa mertoni (Hentschel, 1912). 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=346085 on 2013-05-24 | ||||||||
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