Diaretula muretta Schmidt, 1880 
AphiaID: 171786

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Hexactinellida (Class) > Hexasterophora (Subclass) > Hexactinosida (Order) > Hexactinosida incertae sedis (Family) > Diaretula (Genus)

Status		unaccepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name		Diaretula cornu Schmidt, 1879
Rank		Species
Parent		Diaretula Schmidt, 1879
Sources		original description: 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] [full text] basis of record: Reiswig, H. 2002. Hexactinosida incertae sedis. Pp. 1355-1360. In Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). [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] 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
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution		Caribbean Sea [details] Cuba [details] Greater Antilles [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Northern Gulf of Mexico [details]
Specimen		Holotype: MCZ , locality Cuba (off Morro Light, Havana) [details]
Link		To Encyclopedia of Life
Notes		Unrecognizable according to Reiswig, 2002. [details] Type locality: West Indies [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:171786
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 2012-07-16 18:35:38Z   changed   Dohrmann, Martin
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		Citation: Dohrmann, M.; van Soest, R. (2013). Diaretula muretta Schmidt, 1880. 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=171786 on 2013-05-19