Halichondria (Eumastia) attenuata (Topsent, 1915) 
AphiaID: 165787

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Halichondrida (Order) > Halichondriidae (Family) > Halichondria (Genus) > Halichondria (Eumastia) (Subgenus)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Halichondria (Eumastia) Schmidt, 1870
Synonymised taxa		Eumastia attenuata Topsent, 1915 (genus transfer) Halichondria attenuata (Topsent, 1915) (subgenus assignment)
Sources		original description: Topsent, E. 1915b. Spongiaires recueillis par la ‘Scotia’ dans l’Antarctique (1903-1904). Supplément. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 51(1-2): 35-43. [details] [full text] additional source: Campos, M., Mothes, B. & Veitenheimer Mendes, I. L. 2007. Antarctic sponges (Porifera, demospongiae) of the South Shetland Islands and vicinity. Part I. Spirophorida, Astrophorida, Hadromerida, Halichondrida and Haplosclerida. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia CCCA 24: 687-708., available online at http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-81752007000300021&lng=&nrm=iso >. page(s): 699 [details] additional source: Burton, M. 1934b. Sponges. Pp. 1-58, pls I-VIII. In: Further Zoological Results of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition 1901-03 under the Direction of Dr. Otto Nordenskjöld. 3 (2). (Norstedt & Söner: Stockholm). [details] from synonym: Clarke, A.; Johnston, N.M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 41: 47-114 (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Koltun, V.M. 1964b. Sponges of the Antarctic. 1 Tetraxonida and Cornacuspongida. Pp. 6-133, 443-448. In: Pavlovskii, E.P., Andriyashev,A.P. & Ushakov, P.V. (Eds), Biological Reports of the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958), Akademya Nauk SSSR [English translation,1966, Israel Program for Scientific Translation] [details] [view taxon]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution		Antarctic Ocean (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Malvinas/Falklands [details] South Georgia [details] South Shetland Islands [details]
Specimens		Unknown type: MNHN DT 36 [details] Unknown type: MNHN DT 37 [details]
Link		To Encyclopedia of Life
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:165787
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2005-07-10 18:05:41Z   created   db_admin 2007-08-27 15:12:00Z   changed   van Soest, Rob 2007-09-07 15:05:34Z   changed   van Soest, Rob
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		Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Halichondria (Eumastia) attenuata (Topsent, 1915). 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=165787 on 2013-05-26