WoRMS taxon details
Ascilla Haeckel, 1872
184593 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:184593)
accepted
Genus
Ascilla gracilis Haeckel, 1872 (type by subsequent designation)
- Species Ascilla gracilis Haeckel, 1872
- Species Ascilla convallaria Haeckel, 1872 accepted as Ascilla gracilis Haeckel, 1872 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Ascilla gracillima Haeckel, 1872 accepted as Clathrina macleayi (Lendenfeld, 1885) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
- Species Ascilla japonica Haeckel, 1872 accepted as Soleneiscus japonicus (Haeckel, 1872) (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Haeckel, E. (1872). Die Kalkschwämme. Eine Monographie in zwei Bänden Text und einem Atlas mit 60 Tafeln Abbildungen. <em>G. Reimer:Berlin.</em> (1: 1-484) 2: 1-418 (3: pls 1-60). [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. Ascilla Haeckel, 1872. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=184593 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Haeckel, E. (1872). Die Kalkschwämme. Eine Monographie in zwei Bänden Text und einem Atlas mit 60 Tafeln Abbildungen. <em>G. Reimer:Berlin.</em> (1: 1-484) 2: 1-418 (3: pls 1-60). [details]
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Synonymy Since the type species of Ascilla was recently transferred from Leucosolenia, Clathrina or Guancha to the recently erected genus Ernsta, the name Ascilla has priority over Ernsta. [details]
