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Taprobane spirophora
Lévi, 1960
AphiaID
194245
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:194245)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
(Kingdom)
Porifera
(Phylum)
Demospongiae
(Class)
Heteroscleromorpha
(Subclass)
Tetractinellida
(Order)
Spirophorina
(Suborder)
Scleritodermidae
(Family)
Taprobane
(Genus)
Taprobane spirophora
(Species)
Status
unaccepted
(genus transfer)
Accepted name
Microscleroderma spirophora
(Lévi, 1960)
Rank
Species
Parent
Taprobane
Dendy, 1905
accepted as
Microscleroderma
Kirkpatrick, 1903
Original name
Taprobane spirophora
Lévi, 1960
Environment
marine,
brackish
,
fresh
,
terrestrial
Original description
Lévi, C. (1960). Spongiaires des côtes occidentales africaines. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut français d'Afrique noire (A. Sciences naturelles).</em> 22 (3): 743-769.
page(s): 745; fig 1
[details]
Type data
Type locality contained in
Sahelian Upwelling
type locality contained in
Sahelian Upwelling
[details]
Taxonomic citation
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. (2025). World Porifera Database.
Taprobane spirophora
Lévi, 1960. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=194245 on 2025-05-06
Regional species database citation
Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025). African Register of Marine Species.
Taprobane spirophora
Lévi, 1960. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=194245 on 2025-05-06
Taxonomic edit history
Date
action
by
2005-12-18 15:00:44Z
created
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2006-12-06 20:21:40Z
changed
van Soest, Rob W.M.
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Sources (1)
Documented distribution (1)
original description
Lévi, C. (1960). Spongiaires des côtes occidentales africaines. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut français d'Afrique noire (A. Sciences naturelles).</em> 22 (3): 743-769.
page(s): 745; fig 1
[details]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
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