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Geodia fibrosa (Schmidt, 1870) 
AphiaID: 597592

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Astrophorida (Order) > Geodiidae (Family) > Geodiinae (Subfamily) > Geodia (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (reverted genus transfer)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Stelletta fibrosa (Schmidt, 1870)
Rank Species
Parent Geodia Lamarck, 1815
Sources  original description: Schmidt, O. 1870. Grundzüge einer Spongien-Fauna des atlantischen Gebietes. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): iii-iv, 1-88, pls I-VI. [details] [full text]

source of synonymy: Cárdenas P, Xavier JR, Reveillaud J, Schander C, Rapp HT (2011) Molecular Phylogeny of the Astrophorida (Porifera, Demospongiae) Reveals an Unexpected High Level of Spicule Homoplasy. PLoS ONE 6(4) , available online at http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0018318 [details] [full text]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Note  According to Cardenas et al. (2011) this species is a Geodia based on molecular analysis, but since it lacks the sterrasters of Geodia, this decision is postponed until confirmed by independent studies. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:597592
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2012-04-28 08:05:18Z  created  Boury-Esnault, Nicole
2012-05-10 17:20:53Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R.; Boury-Esnault, N. (2013). Geodia fibrosa (Schmidt, 1870). 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=597592 on 2013-05-25
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