Phakellia columnata (Burton, 1928) 
AphiaID: 246569

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

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Phakellia Bowerbank, 1862
Synonymised taxa		Acanthella columnata (Burton, 1928) (genus transfer) Bubaris columnata Burton, 1928 (genus transfer)
Sources		original description: Burton, M. 1928a. Report on some Deep-Sea Sponges from the Indian Museum collected by R.I.M.S. ‘Investigator’. Part II. Tetraxonida (concluded) and Euceratosa. Records of the Indian Museum 30 (1): 109-138, pls I-II. [details] [full text] source of synonymy: Lévi, C.; Lévi, P. 1983b. Démosponges bathyales récoltées par le N/O‘Vauban’ au sud de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Bulletin du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle (4, A) 5(4): 931-997. [details]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution		Andaman and Nicobar Islands [details] India (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Indian Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] New Caledonia [details]
Specimen		Holotype (from synonym): IMC 317, locality Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Andaman Sea) [view taxon]
Link		To Encyclopedia of Life
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:246569
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2007-09-13 07:54:27Z   created   van Soest, Rob
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		Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Phakellia columnata (Burton, 1928). 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=246569 on 2013-06-20