Euplectella jovis Schmidt, 1880 
AphiaID: 171902

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Hexactinellida (Class) > Hexasterophora (Subclass) > Lyssacinosida (Order) > Euplectellidae (Family) > Euplectellinae (Subfamily) > Euplectella (Genus)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Euplectella Owen, 1841
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] 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] additional source: Laubenfels, M.W. De 1936a. A Discussion of the Sponge Fauna of the Dry Tortugas in Particular and the West Indies in General, with Material for a Revision of the Families and Orders of the Porifera. Carnegie Institute of Washington (Tortugas Laboratory Paper N° 467) 30: 1-225, pls 1-22. [details]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution		Caribbean Sea [details] Cuba [details] Eastern Caribbean [details] Floridian [details] Greater Antilles [details] Grenada [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Northern Gulf of Mexico [details] Saint Lucia [details]
Specimens		Unknown type: MNHN HT 68 [details] Syntype: ZMUB , locality Eastern Caribbean (Guadeloupe) [details]
Links		To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection To ITIS
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:171902
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2005-07-10 18:05:41Z   created   db_admin 2005-12-14 08:51:02Z   changed   Claus, Simon 2008-09-19 12:19:46Z   changed   van Soest, Rob
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		Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Euplectella jovis 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=171902 on 2013-05-26