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Plocamia manaarensis (Carter, 1880) 
AphiaID: 412851

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Microcionina (Suborder) > Microcionidae (Family) > Ophlitaspongiinae (Subfamily) > Plocamia (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (genus transfer)
Record
status
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Accepted name  Antho (Acarnia) manaarensis (Carter, 1880)
Rank Species
Parent Plocamia Schmidt, 1870 accepted as Antho (Acarnia) Gray, 1867
Sources  original description: Carter, H.J. 1880b. Report on Specimens dredged up from the Gulf of Manaar and presented to the Liverpool Free Museum by Capt.W.H. Cawne Warren. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5) 6(31):35-61, pls IV-VI; 129-156, pls VII, VIII. [details] [full text]

new combination reference: Dendy, A. 1905. Report on the sponges collected by Professor Herdman,at Ceylon, in 1902. Pp. 57-246, pls I-XVI. In: Herdman, W.A. (Ed.), Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar. 3(Supplement 18). (Royal Society: London). [details] [full text]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Sri Lanka [details]
Link To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:412851
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2009-08-23 13:21:03Z  created  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Plocamia manaarensis (Carter, 1880). 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=412851 on 2013-05-23
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