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Spirastrella pachyspira Lévi, 1958 
AphiaID: 170713

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Hadromerida (Order) > Spirastrellidae (Family) > Spirastrella (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Spirastrella Schmidt, 1868
Sources  original description: Lévi, C. 1958. Résultats scientifiques des Campagnes de la ‘Calypso’.Campagne 1951-1952 en Mer Rouge (suite). 11. Spongiaires de Mer Rouge recueillis par la ‘Calypso’ (1951-1952). Annales de l’Institut océanographique 34(3): 3-46. [details]

additional source: Thomas, P.A. 1973a. Marine Demospongiae of Mahe Island in the Seychelles Bank (Indian Ocean). Annales du Musée royal de l’Afrique centrale. Série in 8vo. Sciences zoologiques (203): 1-96, pls 1-8. (look up in IMIS[details] [full text]

additional source: Vacelet, J. & P. Vasseur (1971). Eponges des recifs coralliens de Tulear (Madagascar). Thetys, Suppl. 1: 51-126. [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Aldabra [details]
Anakao [details]
Mahe Island [details]
Quirimba Archipelago [details]
Red Sea [details]
Saudi Arabian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Seychelles [details]
Southern Red Sea [details]
Tuléar [details]
Western and Northern Madagascar [details]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
Notes  Holotype: MNHN [details]

Type locality: Saudian Red Sea [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:170713
Taxonomic
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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2010-06-04 08:55:02Z  checked  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Spirastrella pachyspira Lévi, 1958. 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=170713 on 2013-05-23
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