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Niphatidae Van Soest, 1980 
AphiaID: 131637

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Haplosclerida (Order) > Haplosclerina (Suborder)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Haplosclerina
Sources  original description: Van Soest, R.W.M. 1980. Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part II. Haplosclerida. In: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 104. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 62 (191): 1–173. [details] [full text]

basis of record: Desqueyroux-Faúndez, R.; Valentine, C. 2002. Family Niphatidae Van Soest, 1980. Pp. 874-890. In Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). [details]

additional source: Van Soest, R.W.M. 2001. Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 85-103 (look up in IMIS[details]

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 Genus Amphimedon Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Genus Cribrochalina Schmidt, 1870
Genus Dasychalina Ridley & Dendy, 1886
Genus Gelliodes Ridley, 1884
Genus Haliclonissa Burton, 1932
Genus Hemigellius Burton, 1932
Genus Microxina Topsent, 1916
Genus Niphates Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Genus Pachychalina Schmidt, 1868

Genus Calyxadocia de Laubenfels, 1936 accepted as Hemigellius Burton, 1932
Genus Hemihaliclona Burton, 1937 accepted as Amphimedon Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Genus Plumocolumetta de Laubenfels, 1936 accepted as Hemigellius Burton, 1932
Genus Sigmaxinyssa Kirkpatrick, 1907 accepted as Microxina Topsent, 1916
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Links To GenBank
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131637
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Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van Soest, Rob
2005-07-27 15:04:39Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2007-11-05 18:27:09Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Niphatidae Van Soest, 1980. 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: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131637 on 2013-06-20
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