Neopetrosia similis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) 
AphiaID: 166813

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Haplosclerida (Order) > Petrosina (Suborder) > Petrosiidae (Family) > Neopetrosia (Genus)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Neopetrosia de Laubenfels, 1949
Synonymised taxa		Chalina similis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) (genus transfer) Petrosia similis Ridley & Dendy, 1886 (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] from synonym: Lévi, C. 1961b (1959). Spongiaires des Iles Philippines, principalement récoltées au voisinage de Zamboanga. Philippine Journal of Science 88(4): 509-533. [details] [view taxon] [full text] from synonym: Burton, M. 1930d. Additions to the Sponge Fauna of the Gulf of Manaar. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10) 5 (30): 665-676. [details] [view taxon] [full text]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution		Agulhas Bank [details] Eastern Philippines [details] Muttom (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Philippines Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] South African Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] South India and Sri Lanka (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Link		To Encyclopedia of Life
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:166813
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2005-07-10 18:05:41Z   created   db_admin 2006-10-31 19:25:17Z   changed   van Soest, Rob
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		Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Neopetrosia similis (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=166813 on 2013-05-19