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Dercitus (Halinastra) de Laubenfels, 1936 
AphiaID: 555676

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Astrophorida (Order) > Ancorinidae (Family) > Dercitus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Subgenus
Typetaxon Pachastrella exostotica Schmidt, 1868 (type by original designation)
Parent Dercitus Gray, 1867
Synonymised
taxa		  Halinastra de Laubenfels, 1936 (status change)
Sources  original description: Laubenfels, M.W. De 1936a. A Discussion of the Sponge Fauna of the Dry Tortugas in Particular and the West Indies in General, with Material for a Revision of the Families and Orders of the Porifera. Carnegie Institute of Washington (Tortugas Laboratory Paper N° 467) 30: 1-225, pls 1-22. [details]

basis of record: Van Soest, R.W.M.; Beglinger, E.J.; De Voogd, N.J. 2010. Skeletons in confusion: a review of astrophorid sponges with (dicho-)calthrops as structural megascleres (Porifera, Demospongiae, Astrophorida). Zookeys 68: 1-88. [details] [full text]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Dercitus (Halinastra) arubensis van Soest, Beglinger & de Voogd, 2010
Species Dercitus (Halinastra) berau van Soest, Beglinger & de Voogd, 2010
Species Dercitus (Halinastra) exostoticus (Schmidt, 1868)
Species Dercitus (Halinastra) japonensis van Soest, Beglinger & de Voogd, 2010
Species Dercitus (Halinastra) luteus (Pulitzer-Finali, 1986)
Species Dercitus (Halinastra) sibogae van Soest, Beglinger & de Voogd, 2010
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:555676
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
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2010-12-14 13:14:28Z  created  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Dercitus (Halinastra) de Laubenfels, 1936. 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=555676 on 2013-06-20
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