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Petromica (Petromica) Topsent, 1898 
AphiaID: 387358

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > 'Lithistida' (Order) > Desmanthidae (Family) > Petromica (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Subgenus
Parent Petromica Topsent, 1898
Sources  original description: Topsent, E. 1898b. Eponges nouvelles des Açores. (Première serie) Mémoires de la Société zoologique de France (11): 225-255. [details] [full text]

basis of record: List-Armitage, S.E.; Hooper, J.N.A. 2002. Discovery of Petromica Topsent in the Pacific Ocean: a revision of the genus with a new subgenus (Chaladesma subgen. nov.) and a new species (P. (C.) pacifica sp. nov.), (Porifera: Demospongiae: Halichondrida: Halichondriidae). Invertebrate Systematics 16 (5): 813-835. [details]

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 Species Petromica (Petromica) digitata (Burton, 1929)
Species Petromica (Petromica) grimaldii Topsent, 1898
Species Petromica (Petromica) massalis Dendy, 1905
Species Petromica (Petromica) plumosa Kirkpatrick, 1903
Species Petromica (Petromica) tubulata (Kirkpatrick, 1903)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Link To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:387358
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2009-03-30 10:28:24Z  created  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Petromica (Petromica) Topsent, 1898. 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=387358 on 2013-06-20
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