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Geodia (Synops) Vosmaer, 1882 
AphiaID: 708694

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Astrophorida (Order) > Geodiidae (Family) > Geodiinae (Subfamily) > Geodia (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (subgenus transfer)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Geodia Lamarck, 1815
Rank Subgenus
Parent Geodia Lamarck, 1815
Sources  original description: Vosmaer, G.C.J. 1882a. Report on the sponges dredged up in the Arctic Sea by the ‘Willem Barents’ in the years 1878 and 1879. Niederländisches Archiv für Zoologie Supplement 1(3): 1-58, pls I-IV. [details] [full text]

new combination reference: 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]

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Species Geodia (Synops) megaster Burton, 1926 accepted as Geodia megaster Burton, 1926
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:708694
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2012-10-10 12:27:56Z  created  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Geodia (Synops) Vosmaer, 1882. 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=708694 on 2013-05-24
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