Didiscus aceratus (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) 
AphiaID: 165973

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Halichondrida (Order) > Heteroxyidae (Family) > Didiscus (Genus)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Didiscus Dendy, 1922
Synonymised taxa		Didiscus acerata (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) (wrong spelling of species name) Didiscus clavigerus (Kirkpatrick, 1900) (junior synonym) Latrunculia acerata Ridley & Dendy, 1886 (genus transfer) Latrunculia clavigera Kirkpatrick, 1900 (genus transfer)
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] basis of record: Hiemstra, F.; Van Soest, R.W.M. 1991. Didiscus verdensis spec. nov.(Porifera: Halichondrida) from the Cape Verde Islands, with a revision and phylogenetic classification of the genus Didiscus. Zoölogische Mededelingen. Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie te Leiden 65(1-14):39-52 [details] [full text] from synonym: Vacelet, J. & P. Vasseur (1971). Eponges des recifs coralliens de Tulear (Madagascar). Thetys, Suppl. 1: 51-126. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Kirkpatrick, R. 1900b. Description of Sponges from Funafuti. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7) 6 (34): 345-362, pls XIII-XV. [details] [view taxon] [full text] from synonym: Samaai, T.; Gibbons, M.J.; Kelly, M. 2006. Revision of the genus Latrunculia du Bocage, 1869 (Porifera: Demospongiae: Latrunculiidae) with descriptions of new species from New Caledonia and the Northeastern Pacific. Zootaxa 1127: 1-71. [details] [view taxon] context source: Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution		Banda Sea [details] Funafuti (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Gilbert/Ellis Islands [details] Indonesia [details] Madagascan Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Seychelles [details] Tuléar [details] [view taxon] Western and Northern Madagascar [details]
Links		To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:165973
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2005-07-10 18:05:41Z   created   db_admin 2007-08-21 14:09:35Z   changed   van Soest, Rob
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		Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Didiscus aceratus (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. (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=165973 on 2013-05-25