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Porifera taxon details

Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAcanthella pulcherrima Ridley & Dendy, 1886 
AphiaID: 165664

Classification: Biota > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnimalia (Kingdom) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPorifera (Phylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorDemospongiae (Class) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHalichondrida (Order) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorDictyonellidae (Family) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAcanthella (Genus)
Status accepted
Rank Species
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAcanthella Schmidt, 1862
Sources  original description Ridley, S.O.; Dendy, A. 1886. Preliminary Report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. ‘Challenger’. Annals and Magazine of Natural History(5) 18: 325-351, 470-493. [details] [full text]

original description Ridley, S.O.; Dendy, A. 1887. Report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. ‘Challenger’ during the years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. ‘Challenger’, 1873-1876.Zoology 20(59): i-lxviii, 1-275, pls I-LI, 1 map. [details] [full text]

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Variety Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAcanthella pulcherrima var. calyx Dendy, 1922 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAcanthella calyx (Dendy, 1922)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution 
From editor or global species database
Torres Strait Northern Great Barrier Reef
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorTorres Strait Northern Great Barrier Reef [details]
(no group)
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorSahul Shelf [details]
From other sources
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorAustralian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Links Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Encyclopedia of Life 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo GenBank (13 nucleotides; 0 proteins) 
Attribute Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorFunctional group benthos » Stage adult (inherited from Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPorifera) [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorFunctional group plankton » Stage larva (inherited from Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPorifera) [details]
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorFeedingtype filter feeder (inherited from Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPorifera) [details]
Notes 
From other sources
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorHolotype BMNH [details]

Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorType locality Cape York, N Australia [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:165664
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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2007-08-18 17:45:06Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2014). Acanthella pulcherrima Ridley & Dendy, 1886. 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.; Cárdenas, P. (2014) 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.; Cárdenas, P. (2014) World Porifera database at http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=165664 on 2014-07-14
  
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