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Stelletta Schmidt, 1862

AphiaID

131994 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131994)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Stelletta grubii Schmidt, 1862 (type by subsequent designation)

Typetaxon of

Stellettinae Carter, 1875

Parent

Ancorinidae Schmidt, 1870

Original name

Stelletta Schmidt, 1862

Synonymised names

Anthastra Sollas, 1886 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

Astrella Sollas, 1886 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

Collingsia Gray, 1867 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

Cryptotethya Dendy, 1905 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

Dorypleres Sollas, 1888 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

Dragmastra Sollas, 1888 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

Monotria de Laubenfels, 1936 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

Myriaster · unaccepted (misspelling and junior synonym)

Myriastra Sollas, 1886 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

Myriastra (Pilochrota) Sollas, 1886 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

Pilochrota Sollas, 1886 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

Pumex Gray, 1867 · unaccepted

Stellata · unaccepted (mistaken spelling of Stelletta)

Stelletta (Astrella) Sollas, 1886 · unaccepted

Stelletta (Myriastra) Sollas, 1886 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

Stelletta (Pilochrota) Sollas, 1886 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

Tethia Nardo, 1847 · unaccepted (misspelling and junior synonym)

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Species Stelletta addita (Topsent, 1938)
Species Stelletta aeruginosa Carter, 1886
Species Stelletta agglutinans (Dendy, 1905)
Species Stelletta agulhana Lendenfeld, 1907
Species Stelletta anancora (Sollas, 1886)
Species Stelletta anasteria Esteves & Muricy, 2005
Species Stelletta anthastra Lehnert & Stone, 2014
Species Stelletta apapaola Nunley, Rutkowski, Toonen & Vicente, 2025
Species Stelletta arenaria Bergquist, 1968
Species Stelletta aruensis Hentschel, 1912
Species Stelletta atrophia Hoshino, 1981
Species Stelletta beae Hajdu & Carvalho, 2003
Species Stelletta bocki Rao, 1941
Species Stelletta boglicii Schmidt, 1862
Species Stelletta brevidens (Topsent, 1897)
Species Stelletta brevioxea Pulitzer-Finali, 1993
Species Stelletta brevis Hentschel, 1909
Species Stelletta calyx Sim & Kim, 2003
Species Stelletta capensis Lévi, 1967
Species Stelletta carolinensis (Wells, Wells & Gray, 1960)
Species Stelletta cavernosa (Dendy, 1916)
Species Stelletta centroradiata Lévi & Lévi, 1983
Species Stelletta centrotyla Lendenfeld, 1907
Species Stelletta clarella de Laubenfels, 1930
Species Stelletta clavosa Ridley, 1884
Species Stelletta colombiana (Wintermann-Kilian & Kilian, 1984)
Species Stelletta communis (Sollas, 1886)
Species Stelletta conulosa Bergquist, 1968
Species Stelletta crassicula Carter, 1881
Species Stelletta crassispicula (Sollas, 1886)
Species Stelletta crater Dendy, 1924
Species Stelletta crusta Shim & Sim, 2009
Species Stelletta cyathioides Burton, 1926
Species Stelletta cylindrica Thomas, 1973
Species Stelletta debilis Thiele, 1900
Species Stelletta defensa Pulitzer-Finali, 1983
Species Stelletta dendyi (Sollas, 1888)
Species Stelletta dichoclada Pulitzer-Finali, 1983
Species Stelletta digitata (Pulitzer-Finali, 1993)
Species Stelletta digitifera (Lévi, 1959)
Species Stelletta discolor Bösraug, 1913
Species Stelletta dorsigera Schmidt, 1864
Species Stelletta durissima Bergquist, 1965
Species Stelletta eduardoi Desqueyroux-Faúndez & van Soest, 1997
Species Stelletta estrella de Laubenfels, 1930
Species Stelletta farcimen Lendenfeld, 1907
Species Stelletta fibrosa (Schmidt, 1870)
Species Stelletta fibulifera Schmidt, 1880
Species Stelletta freitasi Lévi, 1964
Species Stelletta gigantea Tanita, 1965
Species Stelletta gigas (Sollas, 1886)
Species Stelletta globulariformis (Wilson, 1902)
Species Stelletta grubii Schmidt, 1862
Species Stelletta grubioides Burton, 1926
Species Stelletta hajdui Lerner & Mothes, 1999
Species Stelletta herdmani Dendy, 1905
Species Stelletta hispida (Bucchich, 1886)
Species Stelletta hokunalohia Nunley, Rutkowski, Toonen & Vicente, 2025
Species Stelletta hokuwanawana Nunley, Rutkowski, Toonen & Vicente, 2025
Species Stelletta horrens Kirkpatrick, 1902
Species Stelletta hyperoxea Lévi & Lévi, 1983
Species Stelletta incrustata Uliczka, 1929
Species Stelletta individua (Schmidt, 1870)
Species Stelletta inermis (Topsent, 1904)
Species Stelletta japonica Lebwohl, 1914
Species Stelletta jonesi (Thomas, 1973)
Species Stelletta kallitetilla (Laubenfels, 1936)
Species Stelletta kela Nunley, Rutkowski, Toonen & Vicente, 2025
Species Stelletta kieschnicki Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
Species Stelletta kuhapa Nunley, Rutkowski, Toonen & Vicente, 2025
Species Stelletta kundukensis Sim, 1996
Species Stelletta lactea Carter, 1871
Species Stelletta latiancora Topsent, 1928
Species Stelletta lithodes Bergquist, 1968
Species Stelletta longicladus Dendy & Burton, 1926
Species Stelletta makushina Lehnert & Stone, 2014
Species Stelletta mamilliformis Carter, 1886
Species Stelletta maori Dendy, 1924
Species Stelletta mauritiana (Dendy, 1916)
Species Stelletta maxima Thiele, 1898
Species Stelletta mediterranea (Topsent, 1893)
Species Stelletta megaspina Lendenfeld, 1907
Species Stelletta misakensis Lebwohl, 1914
Species Stelletta morikawai Tanita, 1961
Species Stelletta mortarium Díaz & Cárdenas, 2024
Species Stelletta moseleyi (Sollas, 1888)
Species Stelletta naseana Thiele, 1898
Species Stelletta normani Sollas, 1880
Species Stelletta novaezealandiae Brøndsted, 1924
Species Stelletta obtusus (Lendenfeld, 1907)
Species Stelletta orientalis Thiele, 1898
Species Stelletta orthotriaena Koltun, 1966
Species Stelletta osculifera (Lévi, 1964)
Species Stelletta ovalae Tanita, 1965
Species Stelletta pachydermata (Sollas, 1886)
Species Stelletta parva (Row, 1911)
Species Stelletta parvispicula (Sollas, 1886)
Species Stelletta paucistellata (Lévi, 1952)
Species Stelletta phialimorpha Lévi, 1993
Species Stelletta phrissens Sollas, 1886
Species Stelletta pisum Thiele, 1898
Species Stelletta plagioreducta Lévi, 1961
Species Stelletta porosa Kieschnick, 1896
Species Stelletta pudica (Wiedenmayer, 1977)
Species Stelletta pulchra (Sollas, 1886)
Species Stelletta pulvinata (Lamarck, 1815)
Species Stelletta pumex (Nardo, 1847)
Species Stelletta purpurea Ridley, 1884
Species Stelletta pygmaeorum Schmidt, 1880
Species Stelletta pyriformis (Sollas, 1886)
Species Stelletta radicifera Wilson, 1925
Species Stelletta retroclada (Lévi, 1967)
Species Stelletta rhaphidiophora Hentschel, 1929
Species Stelletta ridleyi (Sollas, 1886)
Species Stelletta ruetzleri Mothes & Silva, 2002
Species Stelletta rugosa Burton, 1926
Species Stelletta sandalinum Brøndsted, 1924
Species Stelletta siemensi Keller, 1891
Species Stelletta sigmatriaena Lendenfeld, 1907
Species Stelletta simplicissima (Schmidt, 1868)
Species Stelletta solida Tanita, 1963
Species Stelletta solidissima (Wilson, 1902)
Species Stelletta soteropolitana Cosme & Peixinho, 2007
Species Stelletta sphaerica Burton, 1926
Species Stelletta sphaeroides Kieschnick, 1896
Species Stelletta spinulosa Sim & Kim, 2003
Species Stelletta splendens Tanita, 1965
Species Stelletta stellata Topsent, 1893
Species Stelletta stellifera Kieschnick, 1896
Species Stelletta stenospiculata Uliczka, 1929
Species Stelletta subtilis (Sollas, 1886)
Species Stelletta tenuis Lindgren, 1897
Species Stelletta tenuispicula (Sollas, 1886)
Species Stelletta teres Lebwohl, 1914
Species Stelletta tethyoides Lendenfeld, 1888
Species Stelletta tethyopsis Carter, 1880
Species Stelletta tethytimeata Calcinai, Bastari, Bertolino & Pansini, 2017
Species Stelletta tetrafurcata Hoshino, 1981
Species Stelletta thomasi Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
Species Stelletta toxiastra Lévi, 1993
Species Stelletta trichotriaena Dendy & Burton, 1926
Species Stelletta trisclera Lévi, 1967
Species Stelletta tuba Lebwohl, 1914
Species Stelletta tuberculata (Carter, 1886)
Species Stelletta tuberosa (Topsent, 1892)
Species Stelletta tulearensis Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976
Species Stelletta vaceleti Lévi & Lévi, 1983
Species Stelletta validissima Thiele, 1898
Species Stelletta variabilis (Wilson, 1902)
Species Stelletta variohamata Thiele, 1900
Species Stelletta ventricosa (Topsent, 1904)
Species Stelletta vervoorti Van Soest, 2017
Species Stelletta vestigium Dendy, 1905
Species Stelletta vosmaeri (Sollas, 1886)
Species Stelletta wilsoni Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
Subgenus Stelletta (Astrella) Sollas, 1886 accepted as Stelletta Schmidt, 1862
Subgenus Stelletta (Myriastra) Sollas, 1886 accepted as Stelletta Schmidt, 1862 (junior synonym)
1. Species Stelletta (Myriastra) debilis Thiele, 1900 accepted as Stelletta debilis Thiele, 1900 (junior synonym)
2. Species Stelletta (Myriastra) ternatensis Thiele, 1900 accepted as Stelletta purpurea Ridley, 1884 (junior synonym)
Subgenus Stelletta (Pilochrota) Sollas, 1886 accepted as Stelletta Schmidt, 1862 (junior synonym)
Species Stelletta acervus (Bowerbank, 1862) accepted as Ecionemia acervus Bowerbank, 1862
Species Stelletta anceps Schmidt, 1868 accepted as Stelletta grubii Schmidt, 1862 (junior synonym)
Species Stelletta arenitecta Wiedenmayer, 1989 accepted as Stelletta tuberculata (Carter, 1886) (junior synonym)
Species Stelletta aspera Carter, 1871 accepted as Stryphnus ponderosus (Bowerbank, 1866) (junior synonym)
Species Stelletta aspera Kieschnick, 1896 accepted as Stelletta kieschnicki Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 (preoccupied)
Species Stelletta aurora Hentschel, 1909 accepted as Rhabdastrella aurora (Hentschel, 1909)
Species Stelletta australiensis Carter, 1883 accepted as Ecionemia australiensis (Carter, 1883) (genus transfer)
Species Stelletta bacca Selenka, 1887 accepted as Paratetilla bacca (Selenka, 1867) (genus transfer)
Species Stelletta bacillifera Carter, 1887 accepted as Ecionemia acervus Bowerbank, 1862 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Stelletta bougainvillea Lendenfeld, 1907 accepted as Stelletta purpurea Ridley, 1884 (junior synonym)
Species Stelletta brunnea Thiele, 1900 accepted as Stelletta purpurea Ridley, 1884 (junior synonym)
Species Stelletta carbonaria Schmidt, 1880 accepted as Stryphnus mucronatus (Schmidt, 1868) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Stelletta collingsi (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Stelletta grubii Schmidt, 1862 (junior synonym)
Species Stelletta columna Dendy, 1924 accepted as Stelletta maxima Thiele, 1898
Species Stelletta crassiclada Lendenfeld, 1907 accepted as Stelletta crassispicula (Sollas, 1886) (junior synonym)
Species Stelletta discophora Schmidt, 1862 accepted as Erylus discophorus (Schmidt, 1862) (genus transfer)
Species Stelletta dolabra Lendenfeld, 1907 accepted as Stelletta purpurea Ridley, 1884 (junior synonym)
Species Stelletta echinoides Schmidt, 1877 accepted as Thenea muricata (Bowerbank, 1858) (unaccepted > nomen nudum, junior synonym?)
Species Stelletta euastrum Schmidt, 1868 accepted as Penares euastrum (Schmidt, 1868) (genus transfer)
Species Stelletta fortis Vosmaer, 1885 accepted as Stryphnus fortis (Vosmaer, 1885) (genus transfer)
Species Stelletta geodides Carter, 1886 accepted as Ancorina geodides (Carter, 1886) (genus transfer)
Species Stelletta geodina Schmidt, 1868 accepted as Geodia geodina (Schmidt, 1868) (genus transfer)
Species Stelletta globostellata Carter, 1883 accepted as Rhabdastrella globostellata (Carter, 1883) (genus transfer)
Species Stelletta grubei accepted as Stelletta grubii Schmidt, 1862 (misspelling of species name)
Species Stelletta haeckeli (Sollas, 1886) accepted as Stelletta purpurea Ridley, 1884 (junior synonym)
Species Stelletta helleri Schmidt, 1864 accepted as Penares helleri (Schmidt, 1864) (genus transfer)
Species Stelletta immunda Schmidt, 1862 accepted as Ancorina cerebrum Schmidt, 1862 (junior synonym and genus transfer)
Species Stelletta inconspicua Thiele, 1898 accepted as Stelletta purpurea Ridley, 1884 (junior synonym)
Species Stelletta inconspicula accepted as Stelletta purpurea Ridley, 1884 (misspelling and junior synonym)
Species Stelletta incrustans (Topsent, 1890) accepted as Jaspis incrustans (Topsent, 1890) (genus transfer)
Species Stelletta intermedia Schmidt, 1868 accepted as Geodia conchilega Schmidt, 1862 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Stelletta lobata Kieschnick, 1896 accepted as Ecionemia acervus Bowerbank, 1862 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Stelletta mamillaris Schmidt, 1862 accepted as Erylus mamillaris (Schmidt, 1862) (genus transfer)
Species Stelletta mastoidea Schmidt, 1880 accepted as Penares mastoideus (Schmidt, 1880)
Species Stelletta misakiensis accepted as Stelletta misakensis Lebwohl, 1914 (misspelling)
Species Stelletta mucronata Schmidt, 1868 accepted as Stryphnus mucronatus (Schmidt, 1868) (genus transfer)
Species Stelletta nereis Lendenfeld, 1907 accepted as Stelletta purpurea Ridley, 1884 (junior synonym)
Species Stelletta nux Selenka, 1867 accepted as Tethya nux (Selenka, 1867) (genus transfer)
Species Stelletta ochracea Carter, 1886 accepted as Penares ochraceus (Carter, 1886) (genus transfer)
Species Stelletta othotriaene accepted as Stelletta orthotriaena Koltun, 1966 (misspelling)
Species Stelletta pachastrelloides Carter, 1876 accepted as Characella pachastrelloides (Carter, 1876) (genus transfer)
Species Stelletta pathologica Schmidt, 1868 accepted as Calthropella (Calthropella) pathologica (Schmidt, 1868) (genus transfer)
Species Stelletta pilula Lebwohl, 1914 accepted as Stelletta purpurea Ridley, 1884 (junior synonym)
Species Stelletta profunditatis Schmidt, 1880 accepted as Thenea muricata (Bowerbank, 1858) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Stelletta reniformis Kieschnick, 1896 accepted as Stelletta purpurea Ridley, 1884 (junior synonym)
Species Stelletta renilla Lendenfeld, 1903 accepted as Stelletta purpurea Ridley, 1884 (junior synonym)
Species Stelletta reticulata Carter, 1883 accepted as Rhabdastrella reticulata (Carter, 1883) (genus transfer)
Species Stelletta rhaphiophora accepted as Stelletta rhaphidiophora Hentschel, 1929 (misspelling)
Species Stelletta robusta Carter, 1883 accepted as Ancorina robusta (Carter, 1883) (genus transfer)
Species Stelletta scabra Schmidt, 1868 accepted as Poecillastra compressa (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Species Stelletta simplicifurca (Sollas, 1886) accepted as Stelletta purpurea Ridley, 1884
Species Stelletta solida (de Laubenfels, 1936) accepted as Paratimea solida (de Laubenfels, 1936) (genus transfer)
Species Stelletta transiens Weltner, 1882 accepted as Erylus transiens (Weltner, 1882) (genus transfer)
Species Stelletta truncata Kieschnick, 1896 accepted as Ecionemia acervus Bowerbank, 1862 (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Species Stelletta tuber Hentschel, 1912 accepted as Stelletta purpurea Ridley, 1884 (junior synonym)
Species Stelletta tuberosa Hentschel, 1909 accepted as Stelletta purpurea Ridley, 1884 (junior synonym and preoccupied)
Species Stelletta variastra Pulitzer-Finali, 1986 accepted as Stelletta fibrosa (Schmidt, 1870) (junior synonym)
Species Stelletta wageneri Schmidt, 1862 accepted as Ancorina cerebrum Schmidt, 1862 (genus transfer and junior synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Schmidt, O. (1862). Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7. [details]

Taxonomic citation

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. Stelletta Schmidt, 1862. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131994 on 2025-04-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2005-04-03 15:15:02Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2007-07-16 09:29:06Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2008-06-23 18:46:04Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2012-04-28 08:05:18Z

changed

Boury-Esnault, Nicole

2012-05-10 17:20:53Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2018-08-21 07:28:52Z

changed

Boury-Esnault, Nicole

2020-12-15 20:21:56Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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Nomenclature

original description Schmidt, O. (1862). Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7. [details]

original description (of Dorypleres Sollas, 1888) Sollas, W.J. (1888). Report on the Tetractinellida collected by H.M.S. Challenger, during the years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 25 (part 63): 1-458, pl. 1-44, 1 map., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-63/htm/doc.html [details]

original description (of Astrella Sollas, 1886) Sollas, W.J. (1886). Preliminary account of the Tetractinellid sponges Dredged by H.M.S. ‘Challenger' 1872-76. Part I. The Choristida. Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society (new series). 5: 177-199.
page(s): 193 [details]

original description (of Astrella Sollas, 1886) Sollas, W.J. (1888). Report on the Tetractinellida collected by H.M.S. Challenger, during the years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 25 (part 63): 1-458, pl. 1-44, 1 map., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-63/htm/doc.html
page(s): 136 [details]

original description (of Dragmastra Sollas, 1888) Sollas, W.J. (1888). Report on the Tetractinellida collected by H.M.S. Challenger, during the years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 25 (part 63): 1-458, pl. 1-44, 1 map., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-63/htm/doc.html
page(s): 187 [details]

original description (of Stelletta (Pilochrota) Sollas, 1886) Sollas, W.J. (1886). Preliminary account of the Tetractinellid sponges Dredged by H.M.S. ‘Challenger' 1872-76. Part I. The Choristida. Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society (new series). 5: 177-199. [details]

original description (of Anthastra Sollas, 1886) Sollas, W.J. (1886). Preliminary account of the Tetractinellid sponges Dredged by H.M.S. ‘Challenger' 1872-76. Part I. The Choristida. Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society (new series). 5: 177-199.
page(s): 191 [details]

original description (of Collingsia Gray, 1867) Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. [details]

original description (of Cryptotethya Dendy, 1905) Dendy, A. (1905). Report on the sponges collected by Professor Herdman,at Ceylon, in 1902. In: Herdman, W.A. (Ed.), Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar. 3 (Supplement 18). (Royal Society: London). Pp. 57-246, pls I-XVI.
page(s): 110-111 [details]

original description (of Monotria de Laubenfels, 1936) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1936). 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 Publication. 467 (Tortugas Laboratory Paper 30) 1-225, pls 1-22. [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Myriastra Sollas, 1886) Sollas, W.J. (1886). Preliminary account of the Tetractinellid sponges Dredged by H.M.S. ‘Challenger' 1872-76. Part I. The Choristida. Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society (new series). 5: 177-199.
page(s): 187 [details]

original description (of Pilochrota Sollas, 1886) Sollas, W.J. (1886). Preliminary account of the Tetractinellid sponges Dredged by H.M.S. ‘Challenger' 1872-76. Part I. The Choristida. Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society (new series). 5: 177-199.
page(s): 189 [details]

original description (of Pilochrota Sollas, 1886) Sollas, W.J. (1888). Report on the Tetractinellida collected by H.M.S. Challenger, during the years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 25 (part 63): 1-458, pl. 1-44, 1 map., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-63/htm/doc.html
page(s): 120 [details]

original description (of Myriastra (Pilochrota) Sollas, 1886) Sollas, W.J. (1886). Preliminary account of the Tetractinellid sponges Dredged by H.M.S. ‘Challenger' 1872-76. Part I. The Choristida. Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society (new series). 5: 177-199. [details]

original description (of Pumex Gray, 1867) Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. [details]

original description (of Tethia Nardo, 1847) Nardo, G.D. (1847). Prospetto della fauna marina volgare del Veneto estuario con cenni sulle principali specie commestibili dell'Adriatico, sulle venete pesche, sulle valli, ecc. Pp. 113-156 (1-45 in reprint). In: Venezia e le sue Lagune. Volume Secundo. G. Antonelli: Venezia. [According to Carlo Froglia, the Prospetto and the Sinonimia were published simultaneously; the Sinonimia is here considered to have priority.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53300268 [details]

basis of record Uriz, M.J. (2002[2004]). Family Ancorinidae Schmidt, 1870. Pp. 108-126. In: Hooper, J.N.A., van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A Guide to the Classification of Sponges (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publ., New York. 1708+xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors

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basis of record Uriz, M.J. (2002). Family Ancorinidae Schmidt, 1870. Pp. 108-126. In: Hooper, J.N.A., van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A Guide to the Classification of Sponges (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publ., New York. 1708+xvliii, ISBN 0-306-47260-0. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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Other

additional source Kelly, M.; Edwards, A.R.; Wilkinson, M.R.; Alvarez, B.; Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R.; Buckeridge, St J.; Campbell, H.J.; Reiswig, H.M.; Valentine, C.; Vacelet, J. (2009). Phylum Porifera: sponges. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 23-46. [details] Available for editors

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