Rhabdastrella intermedia Wiedenmayer, 1989 
AphiaID: 169887

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Astrophorida (Order) > Ancorinidae (Family) > Rhabdastrella (Genus)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Rhabdastrella Thiele, 1903
Synonymised taxa		Geodia intermedia (Wiedenmayer, 1989) (reverted genus transfer)
Sources		original description: Wiedenmayer, F. (1989). Demospongiae (Porifera) from northern Bass Strait, southern Australia. Memoirs Museum Victoria 50(1): 1-242, pls 1-38 (look up in IMIS) [details] source of synonymy: Cárdenas P, Xavier JR, Reveillaud J, Schander C, Rapp HT (2011) Molecular Phylogeny of the Astrophorida (Porifera, Demospongiae) Reveals an Unexpected High Level of Spicule Homoplasy. PLoS ONE 6(4) , available online at http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0018318 [details] [full text]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution		Australia [details] Bassian [details]
Links		To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
Notes		According to Cardenas et al. (2011) this species is a Geodia based on molecular analysis, but since it lacks the sterrasters of Geodia, this decision is postponed until confirmed by independent studies. [details] Holotype: NMV [details] Type locality: South Australia [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:169887
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2005-07-10 18:05:41Z   created   db_admin 2008-06-25 18:26:22Z   checked   van Soest, Rob 2012-04-28 08:05:18Z   changed   Boury-Esnault, Nicole 2012-05-10 17:20:53Z   changed   van Soest, Rob
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		Citation: van Soest, R.; Boury-Esnault, N. (2013). Rhabdastrella intermedia Wiedenmayer, 1989. 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=169887 on 2013-06-20