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Amphoriscus elongatus Poléjaeff, 1883 
AphiaID: 164204

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Calcarea (Class) > Calcaronea (Subclass) > Leucosolenida (Order) > Amphoriscidae (Family) > Amphoriscus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Amphoriscus Haeckel, 1870
Sources  original description: Poléjaeff, N. 1883. Report on the Calcarea dredged by H.M.S.‘Challenger’, during the years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. ‘Challenger’, 1873-1876. Zoology 8(2): 1-76, pls I-IX. [details] [full text]

additional source: Burton, M. 1956. The sponges of West Africa. Atlantide Report (Scientific Results of the Danish Expedition to the Coasts of Tropical West Africa, 1945-1946, Copenhagen) 4: 111-147. [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Prince Edward Islands [details]
Prince Edward Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Sahelian Upwelling (probably not valid[details]
West Africa (probably not valid[details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To ITIS
Notes  Holotype: BMNH [details]

Type locality: Prince Edward Island, SW Indian Ocean [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:164204
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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2010-01-30 19:25:30Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Amphoriscus elongatus Poléjaeff, 1883. 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=164204 on 2013-05-19
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