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Axos fibulata Carter, 1881

190202  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:190202)

 unaccepted (genus transfer)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Carter, H.J. (1881). Supplementary Report on Specimens dredged up from the Gulf of Manaar, together with others from the Sea in the Vicinity of the Basse Rocks and from Bass's Straits respectively, presented to the Liverpool Free Museum by Capt. H. Cawne Warren. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 7: 361-385, pl. XVIII., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938109459534
page(s): 383 [details] OpenAccess publication
Type locality contained in Bassian  
type locality contained in Bassian [details]
Note The type specimen of Axos fibulata is lost...  
Type material The type specimen of Axos fibulata is lost (see Burton, 1934: 549; Hooper, 1986: 184; Hooper & Wiedenmayer, 1994: 319) as the collections of the Liverpool Museum were destroyed during WWII, but there is a slide in the Natural History Museum, BMNH 1954.3.9.308. [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. (2025). World Porifera Database. Axos fibulata Carter, 1881. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=190202 on 2026-01-17
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original description Carter, H.J. (1881). Supplementary Report on Specimens dredged up from the Gulf of Manaar, together with others from the Sea in the Vicinity of the Basse Rocks and from Bass's Straits respectively, presented to the Liverpool Free Museum by Capt. H. Cawne Warren. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 7: 361-385, pl. XVIII., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938109459534
page(s): 383 [details] OpenAccess publication
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Type material The type specimen of Axos fibulata is lost (see Burton, 1934: 549; Hooper, 1986: 184; Hooper & Wiedenmayer, 1994: 319) as the collections of the Liverpool Museum were destroyed during WWII, but there is a slide in the Natural History Museum, BMNH 1954.3.9.308. [details]


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