Erylus proximus Dendy, 1916 
AphiaID: 170087

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Astrophorida (Order) > Geodiidae (Family) > Erylinae (Subfamily) > Erylus (Genus)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Erylus Gray, 1867
Synonymised taxa		Erylus proximum Dendy, 1916 (misspelling)
Sources		original description: Dendy, A. 1916c. Report on the Homosclerophora and Astrotetraxonida collected by H.M.S. ‘Sealark’ in the Indian Ocean. Pp. 225-271,pls 44-48. In: Reports of the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905, Volume 6. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (2), 17(2). [details] [full text] additional source: Lévi, C. 1958. Résultats scientifiques des Campagnes de la ‘Calypso’.Campagne 1951-1952 en Mer Rouge (suite). 11. Spongiaires de Mer Rouge recueillis par la ‘Calypso’ (1951-1952). Annales de l’Institut océanographique 34(3): 3-46. [details] additional source: Adams, C.L.; Hooper, J.N.A. 2001. A revision of Australian Erylus (Porifera: Demospongiae: Astrophorida: Geodiidae) with a tabular review of worldwide species. Invertebrate Taxonomy 15(3): 319-340. page(s): 335 [details] from synonym: Fishelson, L., 1971. Ecology and distribution of the benthic fauna in the shallow waters of the Red Sea. Marine Biology, 10/2: 113-133. [details] [view taxon] [full text]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution		Cargados Carajos/Tromelin Island [details] Houtman [details] Red Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Saudi Arabian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Southern Red Sea [details] West Indian Ocean [details]
Links		To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection
Notes		Holotype: BMNH [details] Type locality: Cargados Carajas [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:170087
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2005-07-10 18:05:41Z   created   db_admin 2010-02-12 09:19:42Z   changed   van Soest, Rob
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		Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Erylus proximus Dendy, 1916. 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=170087 on 2013-05-22