WoRMS taxon details
Acanthochaetetes wellsi Hartman & Goreau, 1975
170385 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:170385)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hartman, W.D.; Goreau, T.F. (1975). A Pacific tabulate sponge, living representative of a new order of sclerosponges. <em>Postilla.</em> 167: 1-21.
page(s): 2-5 [details]
page(s): 2-5 [details]
Holotype YPM 9077, geounit Mariana Islands
Holotype YPM 9077, geounit Mariana Islands [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. Acanthochaetetes wellsi Hartman & Goreau, 1975. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=170385 on 2025-04-08
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Nomenclature
original description
Hartman, W.D.; Goreau, T.F. (1975). A Pacific tabulate sponge, living representative of a new order of sclerosponges. <em>Postilla.</em> 167: 1-21.
page(s): 2-5 [details]
basis of record Rützler, K.; Vacelet, J. (2002). Family Acanthochaetetidae Fischer, 1970. Pp. 275-278. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Rützler, K.; Vacelet, J. (2002 [2004]). Family Acanthochaetetidae Fischer, 1970. Pp. 275-278. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 2-5 [details]
basis of record Rützler, K.; Vacelet, J. (2002). Family Acanthochaetetidae Fischer, 1970. Pp. 275-278. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details] Available for editors

basis of record Rützler, K.; Vacelet, J. (2002 [2004]). Family Acanthochaetetidae Fischer, 1970. Pp. 275-278. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors

Other
additional source
Hartman, W.D.; Reiswig, H.W. (1980). Morphological and Ecological Studies of Sponges in Pacific Reef Caves. <em>National Geographic Society, Research Reports.</em> 1980: 339-346.
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additional source Ogawa, K.; Yokochi, H.; Matsuzaki, K. (1993). Taxonomical and ecological notes on the sclerosponges newly found at Amitory Bay, Iriomote Island, Okinawa, Japan. <em>Nankiseibutu, The Nanki Biological Society.</em> 35 (1): 33-38 (Japanese with English summary).
page(s): 33; note: As Spirastrella (Acanthochaetetes). [details] Available for editors
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biology source Gilis, M.; Grauby, O.; Willenz, P.; Dubois, P.; Heresanu, V.; Baronnet, A. (2013). Biomineralization in living hypercalcified demosponges: Toward a shared mechanism?. <em>Journal of Structural Biology.</em> 183(3): 441-454., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsb.2013.05.018
page(s): 442-443 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 339-341 [details] Available for editors

additional source Ogawa, K.; Yokochi, H.; Matsuzaki, K. (1993). Taxonomical and ecological notes on the sclerosponges newly found at Amitory Bay, Iriomote Island, Okinawa, Japan. <em>Nankiseibutu, The Nanki Biological Society.</em> 35 (1): 33-38 (Japanese with English summary).
page(s): 33; note: As Spirastrella (Acanthochaetetes). [details] Available for editors

biology source Gilis, M.; Grauby, O.; Willenz, P.; Dubois, P.; Heresanu, V.; Baronnet, A. (2013). Biomineralization in living hypercalcified demosponges: Toward a shared mechanism?. <em>Journal of Structural Biology.</em> 183(3): 441-454., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsb.2013.05.018
page(s): 442-443 [details] Available for editors






Holotype YPM 9077, geounit Mariana Islands [details]