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Donatia magna (Kirkpatrick, 1903) 
AphiaID: 608067

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Hadromerida (Order) > Tethyidae (Family) > Donatia (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (genus transfer)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Tethya magna Kirkpatrick, 1903
Rank Species
Parent Donatia Nardo, 1833 accepted as Tethya Lamarck, 1815
Sources  original description: Kirkpatrick, R. 1903b. Descriptions of South African Sponges.Part III. Marine Investigations in South Africa 2(14): 233-264, pls V-VI. [details] [full text]

additional source: Burton, M. 1926a. Description of South African sponges collected in the South African Marine Survey. Part I. Myxospongia and Astrotetraxonida. Fisheries Bulletin. Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey Division, Union of South Africa Rept. 4 (Special Rept. 9): 1-29, 6 pls. [details] [full text]

new combination reference: Burton, M. 1924a. A revision of the sponge family Donatiidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1924 (part 4): 1033-1045, pl. 1. [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Natal [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:608067
Taxonomic
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2012-08-27 13:25:21Z  created  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Donatia magna (Kirkpatrick, 1903). 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=608067 on 2013-06-19
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