(ofRossella velata Thomson, 1873)Thomson, C.W. (1873). The Depth of the Sea. An Account of the General Results of the Dredging Cruises of the H.M.SS. 'Porcupine' and 'Lightning During the Summers of 1868, 1869, and 1870, Under the Scientific Direction of Dr. Carpenter, F.R.S., J. Gwyn Jeffreys, F.R.S. and Dr. Wyville Thomson, F.R.S. Macmillan and Co.: London, xxi + 527 pp., pls. I-VIII. , available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16330317 page(s): 418; fig 65 [details]
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original description(ofRossella velata Thomson, 1873)Thomson, C.W. (1873). The Depth of the Sea. An Account of the General Results of the Dredging Cruises of the H.M.SS. 'Porcupine' and 'Lightning During the Summers of 1868, 1869, and 1870, Under the Scientific Direction of Dr. Carpenter, F.R.S., J. Gwyn Jeffreys, F.R.S. and Dr. Wyville Thomson, F.R.S. Macmillan and Co.: London, xxi + 527 pp., pls. I-VIII. , available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16330317 page(s): 418; fig 65 [details]
basis of recordTabachnick, K.R. (2002). Family Rossellidae Schulze, 1885. pp. 1441-1505. In: Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (2002) Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges. (2 volumes) (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version).[details] Available for editors
basis of recordTabachnick, K.R. (2002 [2004]). Family Rossellidae Schulze, 1885. pp. 1441-1505. In: Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (2002 [2004]) Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges. (2 volumes) (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version).[details] Available for editors
basis of recordSchulze, F.E. (1897). Revision des Systemes der Asconematiden und Rosselliden. Sitzungsberichte der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 1: 520-558. page(s): 547-548 [details]
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