Sarcotragus australis (Lendenfeld, 1888) 
AphiaID: 165080

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Dictyoceratida (Order) > Irciniidae (Family) > Sarcotragus (Genus)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Sarcotragus Schmidt, 1862
Synonymised taxa		Hircinia arbuscula Lendenfeld, 1889 (genus transfer and junior synonym) Hircinia australis Lendenfeld, 1888 (genus transfer) Ircinia arbuscula (Lendenfeld, 1889) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Sources		original description: Lendenfeld, R. Von 1888. Descriptive Catalogue of the Sponges in the Australian Museum, Sidney. (Taylor & Francis: London): i-xiv, 1-260, pls 1-12. [details] [full text] basis of record: Hooper, J.N.A.; Wiedenmayer, F. 1994. Porifera. Pp. 1-620. In: Wells, A. (Ed.), Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 12. (CSIRO: Melbourne)., available online at http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/taxa/PORIFERA/checklist#selected [details] original description (from synonym): Lendenfeld, R. Von 1889a. A Monograph of the Horny Sponges.(Trübner and Co.: London): iii-iv, 1-936, pls 1-50. [details] [view taxon] additional source (from synonym): Samaai, T.; Gibbons, M.J. 2005. Demospongiae taxonomy and biodiversity of the Benguela region on the west coast of South Africa. African Natural History, 1: 1-96 [details] [view taxon]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution		Australia (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Bassian [details] Manning-Hawkesbury [details] South Africa (country) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Link		To Encyclopedia of Life
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:165080
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2005-07-10 18:05:41Z   created   db_admin 2008-04-20 19:06:24Z   changed   van Soest, Rob
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		Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Sarcotragus australis (Lendenfeld, 1888). 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=165080 on 2013-06-19