Porifera name details
Cometella stellata Schmidt, 1870
190706 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:190706)
unaccepted (genus transfer)
Species
Cometella Schmidt, 1870 accepted as Asbestopluma Topsent, 1901
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Schmidt, O. (1870). Grundzüge einer Spongien-Fauna des atlantischen Gebietes. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): iii-iv, 1-88, pls I-VI.
page(s): 49-50; pl IV fig 10 [details]
page(s): 49-50; pl IV fig 10 [details]
Lectotype MZS Po0114A, geounit Greater Antilles
, Note Although Sarà (2002) gives details about...
Lectotype MZS Po0114A, geounit Greater Antilles [details]
Type material Although Sarà (2002) gives details about specimens in the Zoological Museum of Strasbourg, a recent overview of the collections (Dr Marie Meister in litteris) comments that the specimens were 'pas retrouvé'.
According to Sarà, there are also 'teased' fragments in the Natural History Museum in London (BMNH 1870.5.3.98 & 1929.2.10.38) labeled Tethya cometes O. Schm/ Golf v.Mexico Agassiz'which may be part of the type series. [details] Type material Although Sarà (2002) gives details about specimens in the Zoological Museum of Strasbourg, a recent overview of the collections (Dr Marie Meister in litteris) comments that the specimens were 'pas retrouvé'. According to Sarà, there are also 'teased' fragments in the Natural History Museum in London (BMNH 1870.5.3.98 & 1929.2.10.38) labeled Tethya cometes O. Schm/ Golf v.Mexico Agassiz'which may be part of the type series. [details]
According to Sarà, there are also 'teased' fragments in the Natural History Museum in London (BMNH 1870.5.3.98 & 1929.2.10.38) labeled Tethya cometes O. Schm/ Golf v.Mexico Agassiz'which may be part of the type series. [details] Type material Although Sarà (2002) gives details about specimens in the Zoological Museum of Strasbourg, a recent overview of the collections (Dr Marie Meister in litteris) comments that the specimens were 'pas retrouvé'. According to Sarà, there are also 'teased' fragments in the Natural History Museum in London (BMNH 1870.5.3.98 & 1929.2.10.38) labeled Tethya cometes O. Schm/ Golf v.Mexico Agassiz'which may be part of the type series. [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. (2024). World Porifera Database. Cometella stellata Schmidt, 1870. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=190706 on 2025-04-05
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Schmidt, O. (1870). Grundzüge einer Spongien-Fauna des atlantischen Gebietes. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): iii-iv, 1-88, pls I-VI.
page(s): 49-50; pl IV fig 10 [details]
page(s): 49-50; pl IV fig 10 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Lectotype MZS Po0114A, geounit Greater Antilles [details]
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Type material Although Sarà (2002) gives details about specimens in the Zoological Museum of Strasbourg, a recent overview of the collections (Dr Marie Meister in litteris) comments that the specimens were 'pas retrouvé'.According to Sarà, there are also 'teased' fragments in the Natural History Museum in London (BMNH 1870.5.3.98 & 1929.2.10.38) labeled Tethya cometes O. Schm/ Golf v.Mexico Agassiz'which may be part of the type series. [details]
Type material Although Sarà (2002) gives details about specimens in the Zoological Museum of Strasbourg, a recent overview of the collections (Dr Marie Meister in litteris) comments that the specimens were 'pas retrouvé'. According to Sarà, there are also 'teased' fragments in the Natural History Museum in London (BMNH 1870.5.3.98 & 1929.2.10.38) labeled Tethya cometes O. Schm/ Golf v.Mexico Agassiz'which may be part of the type series. [details]
