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Dercitus (Dercitus) bucklandi (Bowerbank, 1858) 
AphiaID: 555677

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Astrophorida (Order) > Ancorinidae (Family) > Dercitus (Genus) > Dercitus (Dercitus) (Subgenus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Dercitus (Dercitus) Gray, 1867
Synonymised
taxa		  Battersbyia bucklandi (Bowerbank, 1858) (genus transfer)
 Dercitus bucklandi (Bowerbank, 1858) (subgenus assignment)
 Dercitus niger Carter, 1871 (junior synonym)
 Halina bucklandi Bowerbank, 1858 (genus transfer)
 Hymeniacidon bucklandi (Bowerbank, 1858) (genus transfer)
Sources  original description: Bowerbank, J.S. 1858. On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Spongiadae. Part I. On the Spicula. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 148(2): 279-332, pls XXII-XXVI. [details] [full text]

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]

new combination reference (from synonym): Bowerbank, J.S. 1866a. A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 2. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-388. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] [full text]

additional source (from synonym): Van Soest, R.W.M. 2001. Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 85-103 (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon]

basis of record (from synonym): Maldonado,M.,2002. Family Pachastrellidae. Pp.141-162. In: Hooper, J.N.A., van Soest,R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publ., New York, 1708 pp. [details] [view taxon]

additional source (from synonym): Ackers, R.G.; Moss, D.; Picton, B.E. 1992. Sponges of the British Isles (‘Sponges V’). A Colour Guide and Working Document. Marine Conservation Society: 1-175. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

additional source (from synonym): Rützler, K., R. W. M. van Soest, and C. Piantoni. 2009. Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 285–313 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] [view taxon]

original description (from synonym): Carter, H.J. 1871a. A Descriptive Account of three Pachytragous Sponges growing on the Rocks of the South Coast of Devon. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4) 7(37): 1-15, pl. IV. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

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[show all]		 Subspecies Dercitus (Dercitus) bucklandi bucklandi (Bowerbank, 1858)
Subspecies Dercitus (Dercitus) bucklandi lusitanica van Soest, Beglinger & de Voogd, 2010
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Celtic Seas [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Irish Exclusive economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
North East Atlantic (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
South European Atlantic Shelf [details]
United Kingdom (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Specimen  Holotype (from synonym): BMNH 1877.5.21.142, locality Celtic Seas (United Kingdom, Devon, Torquay, Abbey Bay) [view taxon]
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:555677
Taxonomic
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Dercitus (Dercitus) bucklandi (Bowerbank, 1858). 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=555677 on 2013-06-19
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