Myrmekioderma rea (de Laubenfels, 1934) 
AphiaID: 166023

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

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Myrmekioderma Ehlers, 1870
Synonymised taxa		Anacanthaea rea de Laubenfels, 1934 (genus transfer) Epipolasis rea (De Laubenfels, 1934) (genus transfer) Myrmekioderma styx de Laubenfels, 1953 (junior synonym)
Sources		original description: Laubenfels, M.W. De 1934. New sponges from the Puerto Rican deep. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 91(17): 1-28. [details] [full text] basis of record: Díaz, M.C.; Pomponi, S.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. 1993. A systematic revision of the central West Atlantic Halichondrida (Demospongiae, Porifera). Part III: Description of valid species. Pp. 283-306. In: Uriz, M.-J. & Rützler, K. (Eds), Recent Advances in Ecology and Systematics of Sponges. Scientia Marina, 57(4): 273-4. [details] [full text] additional source: Rützler, K., R. W. M. van Soest, and C. Piantoni. 2009. Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 285–313 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] from synonym: Laubenfels, M.W. De 1953a. Sponges from the Gulf of Mexico.Bulletin of Marine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean 2(3): 511-557. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Van Soest, R.W.M.; Stentoft, N. 1988. Barbados Deep-Water Sponges. In: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 122. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao andother Caribbean Islands, 70(215): 1-175. [details] [view taxon] [full text] from synonym: Castellanos, L.; Zea, S.; Osorno, O.; Duque, C. 2003. Phylogenetic analysis of the order Halichondrida (Porifera, Demospongiae), using 3Beta-hydroxysterols as chemical characters. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 31: 1163-1183. [details] [view taxon]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution		Barbados [details] Barbados Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Belize [details] Bonaire [details] Caribbean Sea [details] Cuba [details] Eastern Caribbean [details] Florida (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Floridian [details] Greater Antilles [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Jamaica [details] Northern Gulf of Mexico [details] Puerto Rico (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Southern Caribbean [details] Venezuela [details]
Links		To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:166023
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2005-07-10 18:05:41Z   created   db_admin 2007-08-24 14:11:24Z   changed   van Soest, Rob
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		Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Myrmekioderma rea (de Laubenfels, 1934). 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= 166023 on 2013-05-25