WoRMS taxon details
Characella pachastrelloides (Carter, 1876)
170240 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:170240)
accepted
Species
Characella sollasi Topsent, 1890 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Pachastrella sollasi (Topsent, 1890) · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Poecillastra pachastrelloides (Carter, 1876) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Poecillastra sollasi (Topsent, 1890) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Spongosorites maximus Uriz, 1983 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym
Stelletta pachastrelloides Carter, 1876 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Stelletta pachastrelloides Carter, 1876) Carter, H.J. (1876). Descriptions and Figures of Deep-Sea Sponges and their Spicules, from the Atlantic Ocean, dredged up on board H.M.S.‘Porcupine', chiefly in 1869 (concluded). <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 18(105): 226-240; (106): 307-324; (107): 388-410;(108): 458-479, pls XII-XVI. [details] 
Type locality contained in South European Atlantic Shelf
type locality contained in South European Atlantic Shelf [from synonym] [view taxon] [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. Characella pachastrelloides (Carter, 1876). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=170240 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Stelletta pachastrelloides Carter, 1876) Carter, H.J. (1876). Descriptions and Figures of Deep-Sea Sponges and their Spicules, from the Atlantic Ocean, dredged up on board H.M.S.‘Porcupine', chiefly in 1869 (concluded). <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 18(105): 226-240; (106): 307-324; (107): 388-410;(108): 458-479, pls XII-XVI. [details]
original description (of Spongosorites maximus Uriz, 1983) Uriz, M.J. (1983). Monografía I. Contribución a la fauna de esponjas (Demospongia) de Cataluña. <em>Anales de la Sección Ciencias del Colegio Universitario de Gerona.</em> 7: 1-220.
page(s): 185-192; note: original name: Spongosorites maxima [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Characella sollasi Topsent, 1890) Topsent, E. (1890). Notice préliminaire sur les spongiaires recueillis durant les campagnes de l'Hirondelle. <em>Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France.</em> 15: 26-32, 65-71.
page(s): 70 [details]
original description (of Characella sollasi Topsent, 1890) Topsent, E. (1892). Contribution à l'étude des Spongiaires de l'Atlantique Nord (Golfe de Gascogne, Terre-Neuve, Açores). <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco.</em> 2: 1-165, pls I-XI.
page(s): 40-41 [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]
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]
original description (of Spongosorites maximus Uriz, 1983) Uriz, M.J. (1983). Monografía I. Contribución a la fauna de esponjas (Demospongia) de Cataluña. <em>Anales de la Sección Ciencias del Colegio Universitario de Gerona.</em> 7: 1-220.
page(s): 185-192; note: original name: Spongosorites maxima [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Characella sollasi Topsent, 1890) Topsent, E. (1890). Notice préliminaire sur les spongiaires recueillis durant les campagnes de l'Hirondelle. <em>Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France.</em> 15: 26-32, 65-71.
page(s): 70 [details]
original description (of Characella sollasi Topsent, 1890) Topsent, E. (1892). Contribution à l'étude des Spongiaires de l'Atlantique Nord (Golfe de Gascogne, Terre-Neuve, Açores). <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco.</em> 2: 1-165, pls I-XI.
page(s): 40-41 [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]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]Other
additional source
Boury-Esnault, N.; Pansini, M.; Uriz, M.J. (1994). Spongiaires bathyaux de la mer d'Alboran et du golfe ibéro-marocain. <em>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 160: 1-174., available online at http://bibliotheques.mnhn.fr/EXPLOITATION/infodoc/ged/viewportalpublished.ashx?eid=IFD_FICJOINT_MNHN_MMNHN_S000_1994_T160_N000_1
page(s): 46-47; fig 24 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Lévi, C.; Lévi, P. (1989). Spongiaires (MUSORSTOM 1 & 2). <i>In</i>: Forest, J. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, volume 4. <em>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie.</em> 143: 25-103. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 63-64; note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Lévi, C.; Vacelet, J. (1958). Éponges récoltées dans l'Atlantique oriental par le 'Président Théodore-Tissier' (1955-1956). <em>Revue des Travaux de l'Institut des Pêches maritimes 22 (2).</em> 225-246.
page(s): 231; fig 9 [details]
additional source Topsent, E. (1904). Spongiaires des Açores. <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco.</em> 25: 1-280, pls 1-18., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40603003
page(s): 95-96 [details]
additional source Topsent, E. (1928). Spongiaires de l'Atlantique et de la Méditerranée provenant des croisières du Prince Albert ler de Monaco. [Atlantic and Mediterranean sponges from the cruises of Prince Albert I of Monaco]. <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco.</em> 74:1-376, pls I-XI.
page(s): 133-134 [details]
additional source Arnesen, E. (1920 [1932]). Spongia. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the "Michael Sars" North Atlantic Deep-Sea Expedition, 1910.</em> 3 (II): 1-29.
page(s): 13 [details]
additional source Muricy, G.; Lopes, D.A.; Hajdu, E; Carvalho, M.S.; Moraes, F.C.; Klautau, M.; Menegola, C.; Pinheiro, U. (2011). Catalogue of Brazilian Porifera. <em>Museu Nacional, Série Livros.</em> 300 pp. [details] Available for editors [request]
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]
additional source Calcinai, B.; Moratti, V.; Martinelli, M.; Bavestrello, G.; Taviani, M. (2013). Uncommon sponges associated with deep coral bank and maerl habitats in the Strait of Sicily (Mediterranean Sea). <em>Italian Journal of Zoology.</em> 80(3): 412-423., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/11250003.2013.786763 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Ríos, P.; Cristobo, J.; Sánchez, F. (2017). Porifera del cañón de la Gaviera (sistemas de cañones de Avilés, mar Cantábrico). <em>Avances en estudios de biología marina: contribuciones del XVIII SIEBM GIJÓN. Temas de Oceanografía. Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Madrid. Spain.</em> 10: 123-133.
page(s): 130 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Sitjà, C.; Maldonado, M.; Farias, C.; Rueda, J.L. (2019). Deep-water sponge fauna from the mud volcanoes of the Gulf of Cadiz (North Atlantic, Spain). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 99 (4): 807 - 831., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315418000589
page(s): SUP. MAT. Appendix 1 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Díaz, J.A.; Ordines, F.; Massutí, E.; Cárdenas, P. (2024). From caves to seamounts: the hidden diversity of tetractinellid sponges from the Balearic Islands, with the description of eight new species. <em>PeerJ.</em> 12., available online at https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16584
page(s): 108, Fig. 6, Fig. 37 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Anonymous. (2017). National List of Species of Korea - Invertebrates I. Porifera, Cnidaria, Bryozoa, Sipuncula, Gastrotricha, Echinodermata. i-xiv, 1-215.
page(s): 4; note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 46-47; fig 24 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Lévi, C.; Lévi, P. (1989). Spongiaires (MUSORSTOM 1 & 2). <i>In</i>: Forest, J. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, volume 4. <em>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie.</em> 143: 25-103. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 63-64; note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Lévi, C.; Vacelet, J. (1958). Éponges récoltées dans l'Atlantique oriental par le 'Président Théodore-Tissier' (1955-1956). <em>Revue des Travaux de l'Institut des Pêches maritimes 22 (2).</em> 225-246.
page(s): 231; fig 9 [details]
additional source Topsent, E. (1904). Spongiaires des Açores. <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco.</em> 25: 1-280, pls 1-18., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40603003
page(s): 95-96 [details]
additional source Topsent, E. (1928). Spongiaires de l'Atlantique et de la Méditerranée provenant des croisières du Prince Albert ler de Monaco. [Atlantic and Mediterranean sponges from the cruises of Prince Albert I of Monaco]. <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco.</em> 74:1-376, pls I-XI.
page(s): 133-134 [details]
additional source Arnesen, E. (1920 [1932]). Spongia. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the "Michael Sars" North Atlantic Deep-Sea Expedition, 1910.</em> 3 (II): 1-29.
page(s): 13 [details]
additional source Muricy, G.; Lopes, D.A.; Hajdu, E; Carvalho, M.S.; Moraes, F.C.; Klautau, M.; Menegola, C.; Pinheiro, U. (2011). Catalogue of Brazilian Porifera. <em>Museu Nacional, Série Livros.</em> 300 pp. [details] Available for editors
[request]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]
additional source Calcinai, B.; Moratti, V.; Martinelli, M.; Bavestrello, G.; Taviani, M. (2013). Uncommon sponges associated with deep coral bank and maerl habitats in the Strait of Sicily (Mediterranean Sea). <em>Italian Journal of Zoology.</em> 80(3): 412-423., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/11250003.2013.786763 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Ríos, P.; Cristobo, J.; Sánchez, F. (2017). Porifera del cañón de la Gaviera (sistemas de cañones de Avilés, mar Cantábrico). <em>Avances en estudios de biología marina: contribuciones del XVIII SIEBM GIJÓN. Temas de Oceanografía. Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Madrid. Spain.</em> 10: 123-133.
page(s): 130 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Sitjà, C.; Maldonado, M.; Farias, C.; Rueda, J.L. (2019). Deep-water sponge fauna from the mud volcanoes of the Gulf of Cadiz (North Atlantic, Spain). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 99 (4): 807 - 831., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315418000589
page(s): SUP. MAT. Appendix 1 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Díaz, J.A.; Ordines, F.; Massutí, E.; Cárdenas, P. (2024). From caves to seamounts: the hidden diversity of tetractinellid sponges from the Balearic Islands, with the description of eight new species. <em>PeerJ.</em> 12., available online at https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16584
page(s): 108, Fig. 6, Fig. 37 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Anonymous. (2017). National List of Species of Korea - Invertebrates I. Porifera, Cnidaria, Bryozoa, Sipuncula, Gastrotricha, Echinodermata. i-xiv, 1-215.
page(s): 4; note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unknown type (of Characella sollasi Topsent, 1890) MNHN DT 811, geounit South European Atlantic Shelf [details]
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Poecillastra sollasi (Topsent, 1890))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Stelletta pachastrelloides Carter, 1876)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Characella pachastrelloides)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Stelletta pachastrelloides Carter, 1876)
To PESI (from synonym Poecillastra pachastrelloides (Carter, 1876))
To PESI (from synonym Stelletta pachastrelloides Carter, 1876)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Poecillastra sollasi (Topsent, 1890))
To PESI (from synonym Characella sollasi Topsent, 1890)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Poecillastra sollasi (Topsent, 1890))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Stelletta pachastrelloides Carter, 1876)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Characella pachastrelloides)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Stelletta pachastrelloides Carter, 1876)
To PESI (from synonym Poecillastra pachastrelloides (Carter, 1876))
To PESI (from synonym Stelletta pachastrelloides Carter, 1876)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Poecillastra sollasi (Topsent, 1890))
To PESI (from synonym Characella sollasi Topsent, 1890)
