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Dercitus (Stoeba) xanthus Sutcliffe, Hooper & Pitcher, 2010 
AphiaID: 555787

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 xanthus Sutcliffe, Hooper & Pitcher, 2010 (subgenus assignment)
Sources  original description: Sutcliffe, P.R.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Pitcher, C.R. 2010. The most common sponges on the Great Barrer Reef seabed, Australia, include species new to science (Phylum Porifera). Zootaxa 2616: 1-30., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/zt02616p030.pdf [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 Australian Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Central and Southern Great Barrier Reef (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Specimen  Holotype (from synonym): QM G329976, locality Central and Southern Great Barrier Reef (Australia, Great Barrier Reef, off Gladstone, S of Rock Cod Shoal, epibenthic sled) [view taxon]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:555787
Taxonomic
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2010-12-15 10:30:55Z  created  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Dercitus (Stoeba) xanthus Sutcliffe, Hooper & Pitcher, 2010. 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=555787 on 2013-05-24
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