Overview
Distribution
Belize, Bermuda, Caribbean Sea, Cuba, Eastern Caribbean, Floridian, Greater Antilles, Guianan, Jamaica, Northern Gulf of Mexico, Panama, Southern Caribbean, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, Western Caribbean
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Laubenfels, M.W. De 1936b. A comparison of the shallow-water sponges near the Pacific end of the Panama Canal with those at the Caribbean end. Proceedings of the United States National Museum83(2993): 441-466.
http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=sourcedetails&id=7781
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Laubenfels, M.W. De 1936a. A Discussion of the Sponge Fauna of the Dry Tortugas in Particular and the West Indies in General, with Material for a Revision of the Families and Orders of the Porifera. Carnegie Institute of Washington (Tortugas Laboratory Paper N° 467) 30: 1-225, pls 1-22.
http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=sourcedetails&id=7780
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Rützler, K., R. W. M. van Soest, and C. Piantoni. 2009. Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 285–313 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=sourcedetails&id=141259
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Van Soest, R.W.M. 1981. A checklist of the Curaçao sponges (Porifera Demospongiae) including a pictorial key to the more common reef-forms. Verslagen en Technische Gegevens Instituut voor Taxonomische Zoölogie (Zoölogisch Museum) Universiteit van Amsterdam 31: 1-39.
http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=sourcedetails&id=138936
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Rützler, K.; Smith, K.P. 1993. The genus Terpios (Suberitidae) and new species in the “Lobiceps” complex. Pp. 381-393. In: Uriz, M.-J. &Rützler, K. (Eds), Recent Advances in Ecology and Systematics of Sponges. Scientia Marina, 57(4): 273-432.
http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=sourcedetails&id=8134
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Miloslavich P, Díaz JM, Klein E, Alvarado JJ, Díaz C, et al. (2010) Marine Biodiversity in the Caribbean: Regional Estimates and Distribution Patterns. PLoS ONE 5(8): e11916. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0011916
http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=sourcedetails&id=145466
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Source:
World Register of Marine Species
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Physical Description
Type Information
Lectotype for Terpios aurantiaca Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Catalog Number: USNM 31045
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoology
Preparation: Slide
Locality: St. Thomas Island, Virgin Islands of the United States, Caribbean Sea, North Atlantic Ocean
Catalog Number: USNM 31045
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoology
Preparation: Slide
Locality: St. Thomas Island, Virgin Islands of the United States, Caribbean Sea, North Atlantic Ocean
- Lectotype: Duchassaing & Michelotti. 1864. Natuurk. Verh. holland Maatsch. Wet. Haarlem. 2(21)(3): 99.
© Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoology
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Ecology
Habitat
Depth range based on 1 specimen in 1 taxon.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 1 - 1
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Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 1 - 1
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