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Biemna trirhaphis (Topsent, 1897) 
AphiaID: 168289

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Mycalina (Suborder) > Desmacellidae (Family) > Biemna (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Biemna Gray, 1867
Synonymised
taxa		  Desmacella peachi var. trirhaphis Topsent, 1897 (genus transfer and status change)
 Desmacella trirhaphis Topsent, 1897 (genus transfer)
Sources  original description: Topsent, E. 1897a. Spongiaires de la Baie d’Amboine. (Voyage de MM. M. Bedot et C. Pictet dans l’Archipel Malais). Revue suisse de Zoologie 4: 421-487, pls 18-21. [details] [full text]

additional source: Pulitzer-Finali, G. 1993. A collection of marine sponges from East Africa. Annales Museo Civico Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria" 89: 247-350. [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Aldabra [details]
Ambon (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Banda Sea [details]
East African Coral Coast [details]
Indonesia [details]
Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Mombasa [details]
Ras Fumba [details]
Seychelles [details]
Shelly Beach (Mombasa) [details]
Southern Red Sea [details]
Zanzibar [details]
Specimen  Unknown type (from synonym): MNHN DT 1772, locality Amboina [view taxon]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:168289
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2007-06-15 18:37:25Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Biemna trirhaphis (Topsent, 1897). 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=168289 on 2013-05-18
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