Raspailia rigida Ridley & Dendy, 1886 
AphiaID: 168098

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Microcionina (Suborder) > Raspailiidae (Family) > Raspailiinae (Subfamily) > Raspailia (Genus)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Raspailia Nardo, 1833
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]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution		Agulhas Bank [details] South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Link		To Encyclopedia of Life
Notes		Holotype: BMNH [details] Type locality: Cape of Good Hope [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:168098
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2005-07-10 18:05:41Z   created   db_admin 2006-11-16 18:57:51Z   changed   van Soest, Rob
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		Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Raspailia rigida 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=168098 on 2013-05-21