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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSpongiocyathus Folkeson, 1919 
AphiaID: 509211

Classification: Biota > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnimalia (Kingdom) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCnidaria (Phylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnthozoa (Class) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHexacorallia (Subclass) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorScleractinia (Order) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCaryophylliidae (Family) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSpongiocyathus (Genus)
Status Unaccepted: synonym, or anything that is not accepted unaccepted (synonym)
Accepted name  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHeterocyathus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSpongiocyathus typicus Folkeson, 1919 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHeterocyathus hemisphaericus Gray, 1849 (type by original designation)
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCaryophylliidae Dana, 1846
Sources  original description Folkeson, F. 1919. Madreporaria. Results of Dr. E. Mjoberg's Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia, 1910-1913. XXII. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar (4 Ser.)59: 1-23, pl. l. [details]

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Species Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSpongiocyathus typicus Folkeson, 1919 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHeterocyathus hemisphaericus Gray, 1849
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:509211
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Date   action   by
2010-08-20 12:17:25Z  created  Cairns, Stephen
2014-06-26 06:29:00Z  changed  Hoeksema, Bert
  
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  Citation: Hoeksema, B.; Cairns, S. (2014). Spongiocyathus. In: Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=509211 on 2017-06-24
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