Acanthella elongata (Dendy, 1905) 
AphiaID: 234398

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Halichondrida (Order) > Dictyonellidae (Family) > Acanthella (Genus)

Status		unaccepted (reverted genus transfer)
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name		Auletta elongata Dendy, 1905
Rank		Species
Parent		Acanthella Schmidt, 1862
Sources		original description: Dendy, A. 1905. Report on the sponges collected by Professor Herdman,at Ceylon, in 1902. Pp. 57-246, pls I-XVI. In: Herdman, W.A. (Ed.), Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar. 3(Supplement 18). (Royal Society: London). [details] [full text] basis of record: Thomas, P.A. 1979. Studies on sponges of the Mozambique channel. I. Sponges of the Inhaca Island. II. Sponges of Mambone and Paradise Islands. Annales du Musée royal de l’Afrique centrale, Sciences zoologiques 227: 1-73, pls I-III. [details] [full text] new combination reference: Burton, M. 1937. Supplement to The Littoral Fauna of Krusadai Island in the Gulf of Manaar. Porifera. Bulletin of the Madras Government Museum (New Series, Natural History Section) 1 (2, Part 4): 1-58, pls I-IX page(s): 37 [details] [full text]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution		Inhaca Island [details] Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Notes		Editor's comment: Burton (1937) allocated the species to Acanthella without further explanation, an action followed by Thomas (1979). The specimens described both by Burton and Thomas agree with the current definition of the original genus. [details] Specimen: M.R.A.C. no 516 A [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:234398
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2006-11-13 07:52:19Z   created   Wambiji, Nina 2006-11-16 08:37:38Z   changed   Samaai, Toufiek 2007-07-26 14:15:49Z   changed   van Soest, Rob 2009-11-02 07:16:21Z   changed   Alvarez, Belinda 2009-11-03 09:07:10Z   changed   van Soest, Rob
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		Citation: van Soest, R.; Alvarez, B. (2013). Acanthella elongata (Dendy, 1905). 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=234398 on 2013-06-19