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original descriptionVan Soest, R.W.M. (1980). Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part II. Haplosclerida. <i>In</i>: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 104. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 62 (191): 1-173.[details]
basis of recordDesqueyroux-Faúndez, R.; Valentine, C. (2002). Family Niphatidae Van Soest, 1980. Pp. 874-890. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes.</em> (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York. 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version)., available online athttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_92[details] Available for editors
basis of recordDesqueyroux-Faúndez, R.; Valentine, C. (2002 [2004]). Family Niphatidae Van Soest, 1980. Pp. 874-890. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York. 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version).[details] Available for editors
additional sourceVan Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality