Acanthopolymastia acanthoxa (Koltun, 1964) 
AphiaID: 170618

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Hadromerida (Order) > Polymastiidae (Family) > Acanthopolymastia (Genus)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Acanthopolymastia Kelly-Borges & Bergquist, 1997
Synonymised taxa		Atergia acanthoxa Koltun, 1964 (genus transfer)
Sources		original description: Koltun, V.M. 1964b. Sponges of the Antarctic. 1 Tetraxonida and Cornacuspongida. Pp. 6-133, 443-448. In: Pavlovskii, E.P., Andriyashev,A.P. & Ushakov, P.V. (Eds), Biological Reports of the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958), Akademya Nauk SSSR [English translation,1966, Israel Program for Scientific Translation] [details] basis of record: Boury-Esnault, N. 2002. Family Polymastiidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 201-219. In Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). [details] [full text] additional source: Plotkin, A. S.; Janussen, D. 2008: Polymastiidae and Suberitidae (Porifera: Demospongiae: Hadromerida) of the deep Weddell Sea, Antarctic.- Zootaxa 1866: 95-135. [details] additional source: Kelly-Borges, M.; Bergquist, P.R. 1997. Revision of Southwest Pacific Polymastiidae (Porifera: Demospongiae: Hadromerida) with descriptions of new species of Polymastia Bowerbank, TylexocladusTopsent, and Acanthopolymastia gen. nov. from New Zealand and the Norfolk Ridge, New Caledonia. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 31 (3): 367-402. [details] from synonym: Clarke, A.; Johnston, N.M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 41: 47-114 (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] context source: Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution		Antarctic 200NM zone beyond the coastline  [details] Antarctic Ocean (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] East Antarctic Wilkes Land [details] New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Ross Sea [details] Weddell Sea [details]
Link		To Encyclopedia of Life
Notes		Holotype: SME-Po57 [details] Type locality: Antarctic [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:170618
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2005-07-10 18:05:41Z   created   db_admin 2006-08-20 18:23:24Z   changed   van Soest, Rob
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		Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Acanthopolymastia acanthoxa (Koltun, 1964). 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=170618 on 2013-05-24