WoRMS taxon details
Poecillastra Sollas, 1888
132016 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132016)
accepted
Genus
Ecionemia compressa Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Poecillastra compressa (Bowerbank, 1866) (type by original designation)
Chelotropaena Lendenfeld, 1907 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Normania Bowerbank, 1869 · unaccepted (preoccupied)
- Species Poecillastra antarctica Koltun, 1964
- Species Poecillastra antonbruunae Carvalho, Desqueyroux-Faúndez & Hajdu, 2011
- Species Poecillastra ciliata Wilson, 1925
- Species Poecillastra compressa (Bowerbank, 1866)
- Species Poecillastra crassiuscula (Sollas, 1886)
- Species Poecillastra cribraria Wilson, 1904
- Species Poecillastra cumana Vosmaer, 1894
- Species Poecillastra ducitriaena Kelly & Cárdenas, 2019
- Species Poecillastra eccentrica Dendy & Burton, 1926
- Species Poecillastra fragilis Vosmaer, 1894
- Species Poecillastra incrustans Sollas, 1888
- Species Poecillastra japonica (Thiele, 1898)
- Species Poecillastra laminaris (Sollas, 1886)
- Species Poecillastra macquariensis Kelly & Cárdenas, 2019
- Species Poecillastra malyutini Shilov, Kamenev & Semenchenko, 2023
- Species Poecillastra maremontana Carvalho, Desqueyroux-Faúndez & Hajdu, 2011
- Species Poecillastra rickettsi de Laubenfels, 1930
- Species Poecillastra rudiastra Pulitzer-Finali, 1983
- Species Poecillastra saxicola (Topsent, 1892)
- Species Poecillastra schulzei (Sollas, 1886)
- Species Poecillastra sinetridens Carvalho, Desqueyroux-Faúndez & Hajdu, 2011
- Species Poecillastra stipitata Lévi, 1993
- Species Poecillastra symbiotica Topsent, 1902
- Species Poecillastra tavianii Cardone, Pansini, Corriero & Bertolino, 2019
- Species Poecillastra tenuilaminaris (Sollas, 1886)
- Species Poecillastra tenuirhabda (Lendenfeld, 1907)
- Species Poecillastra tuberosa (Lévi, 1964)
- Species Poecillastra wondoensis Sim & Kim, 1995
- Species Poecillastra amygdaloides (Carter, 1876) accepted as Nethea amygdaloides (Carter, 1876) (genus transfer)
- Species Poecillastra armata Hanitsch, 1895 accepted as Characella tripodaria (Schmidt, 1868) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
- Species Poecillastra aspera (Sollas, 1886) accepted as Characella aspera Sollas, 1886 (reverted genus transfer)
- Species Poecillastra dissimilis (Sarà, 1959) accepted as Dercitus (Stoeba) dissimilis (Sarà, 1959) (genus transfer)
- Species Poecillastra doederleini (Thiele, 1898) accepted as Vulcanella doederleini (Thiele, 1898) (genus transfer)
- Species Poecillastra nana (Carter, 1880) accepted as Nethea nana (Carter, 1880) (reverted genus transfer)
- Species Poecillastra pachastrelloides (Carter, 1876) accepted as Characella pachastrelloides (Carter, 1876) (genus transfer)
- Species Poecillastra scabra (Schmidt, 1868) accepted as Poecillastra compressa (Bowerbank, 1866) (junior synonym)
- Species Poecillastra schulzii (Sollas, 1886) accepted as Poecillastra schulzei (Sollas, 1886) (misspelling of species name)
- Species Poecillastra sollasi (Topsent, 1890) accepted as Characella pachastrelloides (Carter, 1876) (genus transfer)
- Species Poecillastra tricornis Wilson, 1904 accepted as Vulcanella tricornis (Wilson, 1904) (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Sollas, W.J. (1888). Report on the Tetractinellida collected by H.M.S. Challenger, during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 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] 
Homonymy Normania Bowerbank, 1869, erected for type species N. crassa, is preoccupied by Normania Brady, 1866 (Crustacea).
Homonymy Normania Bowerbank, 1869, erected for type species N. crassa, is preoccupied by Normania Brady, 1866 (Crustacea). [details]
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. Poecillastra Sollas, 1888. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=132016 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Sollas, W.J. (1888). Report on the Tetractinellida collected by H.M.S. Challenger, during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 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 Chelotropaena Lendenfeld, 1907) Lendenfeld, R. von. (1907). Die Tetraxonia. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf der Dampfer Valdivia 1898-1899.</em> 11(1-2): i-iv, 59-374, pls IX-XLVI.
page(s): 231 [details]
original description (of Normania Bowerbank, 1869) Bowerbank, J.S. (1869). Shetland Final Dredging Report. Part 2. On the Crustacea, Tunicata, Polyzoa, Echinodermata, Actinozoa, Hydrozoa and Porifera. <em>Report of the British Association for the Advancementof Science.</em> 38: 247-336. [details]
basis of record Maldonado, M. (2002). Family Pachastrellidae Carter, 1875. Pp.141-162. <i>In</i>: 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. [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Topsent, E. (1894). Étude monographique des Spongiaires de France. I.Tetractinellida. <em>Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale.</em> (3) 2:259-400, pls XI-XVI.
page(s): 383 [details]
basis of record Maldonado, M. (2002[2004]). Family Pachastrellidae Carter, 1875. Pp.141-162. <em>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.</em> 1708+xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Chelotropaena Lendenfeld, 1907) Lendenfeld, R. von. (1907). Die Tetraxonia. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf der Dampfer Valdivia 1898-1899.</em> 11(1-2): i-iv, 59-374, pls IX-XLVI.
page(s): 231 [details]
original description (of Normania Bowerbank, 1869) Bowerbank, J.S. (1869). Shetland Final Dredging Report. Part 2. On the Crustacea, Tunicata, Polyzoa, Echinodermata, Actinozoa, Hydrozoa and Porifera. <em>Report of the British Association for the Advancementof Science.</em> 38: 247-336. [details]
basis of record Maldonado, M. (2002). Family Pachastrellidae Carter, 1875. Pp.141-162. <i>In</i>: 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. [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Topsent, E. (1894). Étude monographique des Spongiaires de France. I.Tetractinellida. <em>Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale.</em> (3) 2:259-400, pls XI-XVI.
page(s): 383 [details]
basis of record Maldonado, M. (2002[2004]). Family Pachastrellidae Carter, 1875. Pp.141-162. <em>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.</em> 1708+xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Cárdenas, P.; Xavier, J.R.; Reveillaud, J.; Schander, C.; Rapp, H.T. (2011). Molecular Phylogeny of the Astrophorida (Porifera, Demospongiaep) Reveals an Unexpected High Level of Spicule Homoplasy. <em>PLoS ONE.</em> 6 (4), e18318., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0018318 [details]
additional source Cárdenas, P.; Rapp, H.T. (2012). A review of Norwegian streptaster-bearing Astrophorida (Porifera: Demospongiae: Tetractinellida), new records and a new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3253: 1-52., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2012/f/zt03253p053.pdf [details]
[request]additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Cárdenas, P.; Xavier, J.R.; Reveillaud, J.; Schander, C.; Rapp, H.T. (2011). Molecular Phylogeny of the Astrophorida (Porifera, Demospongiaep) Reveals an Unexpected High Level of Spicule Homoplasy. <em>PLoS ONE.</em> 6 (4), e18318., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0018318 [details]
additional source Cárdenas, P.; Rapp, H.T. (2012). A review of Norwegian streptaster-bearing Astrophorida (Porifera: Demospongiae: Tetractinellida), new records and a new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3253: 1-52., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2012/f/zt03253p053.pdf [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Homonymy Normania Bowerbank, 1869, erected for type species N. crassa, is preoccupied by Normania Brady, 1866 (Crustacea). [details]
