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Geodia megaster Burton, 1926

170145  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:170145)

accepted
Species
Geodia (Synops) megaster Burton, 1926 · unaccepted (subgenus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Geodia (Synops) megaster Burton, 1926) Burton, M. (1926). Descriptions of South African sponges collected in the South African Marine Survey. Part I. Myxospongida and Astrotetraxonida. <em>Fisheries Bulletin. Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey Division, Union of South Africa.</em> Report 4, Special Report 9 (6): 1-29.
page(s): 19-20 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Type locality contained in Natal  
type locality contained in Natal [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2024). World Porifera Database. Geodia megaster Burton, 1926. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=170145 on 2024-05-02
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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z
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2010-02-12 09:19:42Z
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2018-08-28 06:38:36Z
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original description  (of Geodia (Synops) megaster Burton, 1926) Burton, M. (1926). Descriptions of South African sponges collected in the South African Marine Survey. Part I. Myxospongida and Astrotetraxonida. <em>Fisheries Bulletin. Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey Division, Union of South Africa.</em> Report 4, Special Report 9 (6): 1-29.
page(s): 19-20 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Samaai, T. (2006). Biodiversity "hotspots", patterns of richness and endemism, and distribution of marine sponges in South Africa based on actual and interpolation data: A comparative approach. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1358: 1-37. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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