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Porifera taxon details

Halichondria purpurea Bowerbank, 1875 
AphiaID: 191367

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Halichondrida (Order) > Halichondriidae (Family) > Halichondria (Genus)
Status alternate representation (genus transfer)
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Accepted name  Iotrochota purpurea (Bowerbank, 1875)
Rank Species
Parent Halichondria Fleming, 1828
Sources  original description: Bowerbank, J.S. 1875b. Contributions to a General History of the Spongiadae. Part VII. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1875: 281-296. [details] [full text]

additional source: Thomas, P.A. 1973a. Marine Demospongiae of Mahe Island in the Seychelles Bank (Indian Ocean). Annales du Musée royal de l’Afrique centrale. Série in 8vo. Sciences zoologiques (203): 1-96, pls 1-8. (look up in IMIS[details] [full text]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Mahe Island [details]
Malaysia [details]

Note  Type locality: Strait of Malacca [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:191367
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2005-12-18 15:00:44Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2007-05-25 18:25:08Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
2007-09-14 10:17:34Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Halichondria purpurea Bowerbank, 1875. 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=191367 on 2013-05-24
  


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