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Dunstervillia elegans Bowerbank, 1845 
AphiaID: 132234

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Calcarea (Class) > Calcaronea (Subclass) > Leucosolenida (Order) > Sycettidae (Family) > Dunstervillia (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (genus transfer)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Sycon elegans (Bowerbank, 1845)
Rank Species
Typetaxon of  Dunstervillia Bowerbank, 1845
Parent Dunstervillia Bowerbank, 1845 accepted as Sycon Risso, 1827
Sources  original description: Bowerbank, J.S. 1845a. Description of a new genus of Calcareous Sponge. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 15 (99): 297-300,pl. XVII. [details] [full text]

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]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Specimen  Unknown type , locality Channel Islands [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To PESI
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132234
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van Soest, Rob
2007-01-14 16:18:44Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Dunstervillia elegans Bowerbank, 1845. 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=132234 on 2013-05-19
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