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Ophlitaspongia flabellata Topsent, 1916 
AphiaID: 369306

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Microcionina (Suborder) > Microcionidae (Family) > Ophlitaspongiinae (Subfamily) > Ophlitaspongia (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (genus transfer)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Clathria (Axosuberites) flabellata (Topsent, 1916)
Rank Species
Parent Ophlitaspongia Bowerbank, 1866
Sources  original description: Topsent, E. 1916. Diagnoses d’éponges recueillies dans l’Antarctique par le Pourquoi-Pas? Bulletin du Muséum national d’histoire naturelle.(1) 22(3): 163-172. [details] [full text]

additional source: Burton, M. 1929a. Porifera. Part II. Antarctic sponges. British Antarctic (‘Terra Nova’) Expedition, 1910. Natural History Report, London, British Museum (Natural History). Zoology 6(4): 393-458,pls I-V. [details] [full text]

additional source: Burton, M. 1932b. Sponges. Discovery Reports 6: 237-392, pls 48-57. [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Antarctic Ocean [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:369306
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
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2008-11-05 09:00:48Z  created  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Ophlitaspongia flabellata Topsent, 1916. 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=369306 on 2013-05-20
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