Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae > Order Astrophorida > Family Thoosidae > Genus Alectona

Alectona wallichii (Carter, 1874)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

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Genus group names

*Alectona*	Carter, 1879	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Carter, H.J. 1874a. Descriptions and Figures of Deep-sea Sponges and their Spicules from the Atlantic Ocean, dredged up on board H.M.S.‘Porcupine’, chiefly in 1869; with Figures and Descriptions of some remarkable Spicules from the Agulhas Shoal and Colon, Panama. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4) 14 (79): 207-221, 245-257, pls.XIII-XV.
additional source	Bavestrello, G.; Calcinai, B.; Cerrano, C.; Sarà, M.1998a. Alectona species from north-western Pacific (Demospongiae:Clionidae). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 78(1): 59-73.

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Taxonomy

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External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
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Citation

van Soest, R. (2014). Alectona wallichii (Carter, 1874). In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M.; Cárdenas, P. (2014) World Porifera database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:170397