Lefroyella decora Thomson, 1878 
AphiaID: 171717

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Hexactinellida (Class) > Hexasterophora (Subclass) > Hexactinosida (Order) > Sceptrulophora (Suborder) > Euretidae (Family) > Euretinae (Subfamily) > Lefroyella (Genus)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Typetaxon of		Lefroyella Thomson, 1878
Parent		Lefroyella Thomson, 1878
Synonymised taxa		Syringidium zitteli Schmidt, 1880 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Sources		original description: Thomson, C.W. 1878. Voyage of the 'Challenger'. The Atlantic. Volume 1. (Macmillan and Co.: London): ix-xxix, 1-424. [details] [full text] basis of record: Reiswig, H.M.; Wheeler, B. (2002). Family Euretidae Zittel, 1877, in: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (Ed.) (2002). Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges. pp. 1301-1331 (look up in IMIS) [details] [full text] additional source: Rützler, K., R. W. M. van Soest, and C. Piantoni. 2009. Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 285–313 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] from synonym: Schmidt, O. 1880b. Die Spongien des Meerbusen von Mexico (Und des caraibischen Meeres). Heft II. Abtheilung II. Hexactinelliden. Abtheilung III. Tetractinelliden. Monactinelliden und Anhang. Nachträge zu Abtheilung I (Lithistiden). Pp. 33-90, pls V-X. In: Reports on the dredging under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico, by the USCSS ‘Blake’. (Gustav Fischer:Jena). [details] [view taxon] [full text]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution		Bermuda [details] Eastern Caribbean (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Guadeloupe (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Gulf of Mexico [details]
Specimens		Lectotype: BMNH 1887.10.20.127, locality Bermuda (near Bermuda or mid-Atlantic, Challenger Expedition stat.56) [details] Paralectotype: BMNH 1887.10.20.127a, locality Bermuda (near Bermuda or Mid Atlantic, Challenger Expedition stat.56) [details] Syntype (from synonym): ZMUB , locality Eastern Caribbean (Montserrat) [view taxon] Lectotype (from synonym): MCZ 6494, locality Guadeloupe (off Guadeloupe) [view taxon]
Link		To Encyclopedia of Life
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:171717
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2005-07-10 18:05:41Z   created   db_admin 2008-09-12 09:48:23Z   changed   van Soest, Rob 2009-12-11 13:30:48Z   changed   van Soest, Rob
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		Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Lefroyella decora Thomson, 1878. 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=171717 on 2013-05-18