Xestospongia bergquistia Fromont, 1991 
AphiaID: 166879

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

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Xestospongia de Laubenfels, 1932
Source		original description: Fromont, J. 1991. Descriptions of species of the Petrosida (Porifera:Demospongiae) occurring in the tropical waters of the Great Barrier Reef. The Beagle, Records of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences 8 (1): 73-96. [details] [full text]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution		Central and Southern Great Barrier Reef [details] North Australia [details]
Links		To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
Note		Type locality: Australia [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:166879
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2005-07-10 18:05:41Z   created   db_admin 2008-02-23 19:09:29Z   changed   van Soest, Rob
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		Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Xestospongia bergquistia Fromont, 1991. 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=166879 on 2013-05-25