1. Subspecies Bathydorus levis spinosus Wilson, 1904 accepted as Bathydorus laevis pseudospinosus Tabachnick & Menshenina, 2013 (misspelling of species name and preoccupied)
2. Variety Bathydorus levis var. ciliatus Topsent, 1910 accepted as Bathydorus spinosus Schulze, 1886 (misspelling of species name and junior synonym)

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

recent only

(of Bathydorus laevis Schulze, 1896) Schulze, F.E. (1896 (1895)). Hexactinelliden des indischen Oceanes. II. Theil. Die Hexasterophora. <em>Abhandlungen der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin.</em> 3: 1-92, pls I-VIII.
page(s): 57-62 [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. Bathydorus levis Schulze, 1896. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1492173 on 2024-04-23

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Bathydorus levis Schulze, 1896. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1492173 on 2024-04-23

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