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Dercitus (Stoeba) reptans Desqueyroux-Faúndez & van Soest, 1997 
AphiaID: 555709

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Astrophorida (Order) > Ancorinidae (Family) > Dercitus (Genus) > Dercitus (Stoeba) (Subgenus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Dercitus (Stoeba) Sollas, 1888
Synonymised
taxa		  Dercitus reptans Desqueyroux-Faúndez & van Soest, 1997 (subgenus assignment)
 Stoeba reptans (Desqueyroux-Faúndez & van Soest, 1997) (genus transfer)
Sources  original description: Desqueyroux-Faúndez, R.; Van Soest, R.W.M. 1997. Shallow water Demosponges of the Galápagos Islands. Revue suisse de Zoologie 104(2): 379-467. [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]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Eastern Galapagos Islands [details]
Galapagos Islands (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Specimen  Holotype (from synonym): USNM 43170, locality Eastern Galapagos Islands (Ecuador, Galapagos Archipelago, Albemarle Island, stat. 16-66139) [view taxon]
Links To Encyclopedia of Life
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:555709
Taxonomic
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2010-12-14 13:14:28Z  created  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Dercitus (Stoeba) reptans Desqueyroux-Faúndez & van Soest, 1997. 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=555709 on 2013-05-21
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