Ancorina radix Marenzeller, 1889 
AphiaID: 133943

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Astrophorida (Order) > Ancorinidae (Family) > Ancorina (Genus)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Ancorina Schmidt, 1862
Synonymised taxa		Sanidastrella coronata Topsent, 1892 (genus transfer & junior synonym) Sanidastrella radix (Marenzeller, 1889) (genus transfer)
Sources		original description: Marenzeller, E.M. Von. 1889. Ueber die adriatischen Arten der Schmidt’schen Gattungen Stelletta und Ancorina. Annalen des K.K.naturhistorischen Hofmuseums 4: 7-20, pls II-III. [details] [full text] additional source: Vacelet, J.; Vasseur, P. 1971. Éponges des récifs coralliens de Tuléar (Madagascar). Téthys, Supplément 1: 51-126. [details] [full text] additional source: Samaai, T. 2006. Biodiversity "hotspots", patterns of richness and endemism, and distribution of marine sponges in South Africa based on actual and interpolation data: A comparative approach. Zootaxa 1358: 1-37. [details] additional source: Mustapha, K.B.,Zarrouk, S., Souissi, A., ; El Abed, A. 2003.Diversite Des Desmosponges Tunisiennes.Bull.Inst. Natn. Scien. Tech. Mer de Salammbô. Vol. 30 [details] additional source: Van Soest, R.W.M. 2001. Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 85-103 (look up in IMIS) [details] 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] original description (from synonym): Topsent, E. 1892b. Diagnoses d’éponges nouvelles de la Méditerranée et plus particulièrement de Banyuls. Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale (2) 10 (Notes et Revue 6) xvii-xxviii. [details] [view taxon] [full text] basis of record (from synonym): Topsent, E. 1894d. Etude monographique des spongiaires de France. I.Tetractinellida. Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale (3) 2:259-400, pls XI-XVI. [details] [view taxon] [full text] basis of record (from synonym): Uriz, M.J. (2002). Family Ancorinidae Schmidt, 1870, in: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (Ed.) (2002). Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges. pp. 108-126 (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] [full text] additional source (from synonym): Babiç, K. 1922. Monactinellida und Tetractinellida des Adriatischen Meeres. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 46(2): 217-302, pls 8-9. [details] [view taxon] [full text]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Variety Ancorina radix var. nanosclera Lévi, 1967 accepted as Ancorina nanosclera Lévi, 1967
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution		Adriatic Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Croatian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] French Exclusive Economic Zone [Mediterranean part] (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Gulf of Naples [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] Natal (probably not valid) [details] North East Atlantic [details] South Africa (country) (probably not valid) [details] Tuléar (probably not valid) [details] Tunisia [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Western Mediterranean [details]
Links		To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To ITIS
Note		Type locality: Adriatic [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:133943
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   van Soest, Rob 2005-09-09 16:45:37Z   changed   Vanden Berghe, Edward 2005-12-17 11:44:10Z   changed   Vanden Berghe, Edward 2006-04-10 10:13:51Z   changed   Vanhoorne, Bart 2008-06-15 19:42:51Z   checked   van Soest, Rob
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		Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Ancorina radix Marenzeller, 1889. 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: 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 at http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=133943 on 2013-06-19