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Xestospongia  de Laubenfels, 1932
Taxonomic Serial No.: 47833

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: unknown   
  Latest Record Review: 2004   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    PhylumPorifera Grant, 1836 – sponges, éponges, esponja, porifero  
       ClassDemospongiae Sollas, 1885  
          OrderHaplosclerida Topsent, 1928  
             SuborderPetrosina Boury-Esnault & Van Beveren, 1982  
                FamilyPetrosiidae Van Soest, 1980  
                   GenusXestospongia de Laubenfels, 1932  
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                      SpeciesXestospongia deprosopia de Laubenfels, 1930  
                      SpeciesXestospongia hispida (Ridley and Dendy, 1886)  
                      SpeciesXestospongia muta   
                      SpeciesXestospongia subtriangularis   
                      SpeciesXestospongia trindanea Ristau, 1978  
                      SpeciesXestospongia vanilla (de Laubenfels, 1930)  
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Xestospongia   
       
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Hooper, John N. A., and Rob W. M. van Soest, eds.   
  Publication Date: 2002   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Systema Porifera: A Guide to the Classification of Sponges   
  Page(s): xlviii + 1708   
  Publisher: Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-306-47260-0   
  Notes: Published in two volumes: Volume 1 - Introductions and Demospongiae; Volume 2 - Calcarea, Hexactinellida, Sphinctozoa, Archaeocyatha, unrecognizable taxa, and Index of higher taxa   
  Reference for: Xestospongia   
       

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