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Uriz, M.J. (2002[2004]). Family Ancorinidae Schmidt, 1870. Pp. 108-126. 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. 1708+xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version).
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Uriz, M.J.
2002[2004]
Family Ancorinidae Schmidt, 1870. Pp. 108-126
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
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Ancorinidae Schmidt (Demospongiae, Astrophorida) is revised to contain 15 valid genera (of 37 nominal genera): Stelletta, Cryptosyringa, Tethyopsis, Rhabdastrella, Jaspis, Ancorina, Disyringa, Stryphnus, Ecionemia, Psammastra, Penares, Asteropus, Melophlus, Tribrachium, and Holoxea. Some of them (e.g., Stelletta, Ecionemia) have a large representation of species widespread around the world while some others are monotypic (e.g., Cryptosyringa, Disyringa). The main microsclere, which characterizes this family is the euaster, but it can be absent from several species (e.g., Penares candidata, Holoxeafurtiva). The diagnostic characters traditionally used for separating genera within Ancorinidae are the type of microscleres (euasters versus microrhabds or sanidasters), the presence or absence (assumed by reduction) of triaenes and the presence/absence of particular inhalant and/or exhalant structures (tubes). Any possible combinations of these three types of characters outline the diagnosis of the different genera. Several of these genera are polyphyletic in a cladistic analysis based on the structural and morphological characters at hand but are maintained here with a practical purpose until new characters (e.g., genetic sequences) will allow a more reliable phylogenetic analysis. Ancorinid sponges live on soft, detritic, and hard (rocky) bottoms from shallow waters to bathyal depths.
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Ancorina Schmidt, 1862 (basis of record)
Ancorina novaezealandiae Dendy, 1924 accepted as Ecionemia novaezealandiae (Dendy, 1924) (basis of record)
Ancorinidae Schmidt, 1870 (basis of record)
Anthastra Sollas, 1886 accepted as Stelletta Schmidt, 1862 (basis of record)
Anthastra communis Sollas, 1886 accepted as Stelletta communis (Sollas, 1886) (basis of record)
Anthastra ridleyi (Sollas, 1886) accepted as Stelletta ridleyi (Sollas, 1886) (basis of record)
Asteropus Sollas, 1888 (basis of record)
Asteropus simplex (Carter, 1879) (basis of record)
Astrella Sollas, 1886 accepted as Stelletta Schmidt, 1862 (additional source)
Astrella vosmaeri Sollas, 1886 accepted as Stelletta vosmaeri (Sollas, 1886) (basis of record)
Astroplakina Dendy & Burton, 1926 accepted as Jaspis Gray, 1867 (basis of record)
Astroplakina stelligera Dendy & Burton, 1926 accepted as Jaspis stelligera (Dendy & Burton, 1926) (basis of record)
Aurora Sollas, 1888 accepted as Rhabdastrella Thiele, 1903 (basis of record)
Aurora oxytoxa Thomas, 1973 accepted as Rhabdastrella oxytoxa (Thomas, 1973) (basis of record)
Aurora providentiae Dendy, 1916 accepted as Rhabdastrella providentiae (Dendy, 1916) (basis of record)
Aurora rowi Dendy, 1916 accepted as Rhabdastrella rowi (Dendy, 1916) (basis of record)
Collingsia Gray, 1867 accepted as Stelletta Schmidt, 1862 (basis of record)
Collingsia sarniensis Gray, 1867 accepted as Stelletta grubii Schmidt, 1862 (basis of record)
Cryptosyringa Vacelet, 1979 (basis of record)
Cryptosyringa membranophila Vacelet, 1979 (basis of record)
Cryptotethya Dendy, 1905 accepted as Stelletta Schmidt, 1862 (basis of record)
Cryptotethya agglutinans Dendy, 1905 accepted as Stelletta agglutinans (Dendy, 1905) (basis of record)
Diastra Row, 1911 accepted as Rhabdastrella Thiele, 1903 (basis of record)
Diastra sterrastraea Row, 1911 accepted as Rhabdastrella sterrastraea (Row, 1911) (basis of record)
Disyringa Sollas, 1888 (basis of record)
Disyringa dissimilis (Ridley, 1884) (basis of record)
Dorypleres Sollas, 1888 accepted as Stelletta Schmidt, 1862 (additional source)
Dorypleres dendyi Sollas, 1888 accepted as Stelletta dendyi (Sollas, 1888) (basis of record)
Dorypleres splendens de Laubenfels, 1954 accepted as Jaspis splendens (de Laubenfels, 1954) (basis of record)
Dragmastra Sollas, 1888 accepted as Stelletta Schmidt, 1862 (basis of record)
Dragmastra normani (Sollas, 1880) accepted as Stelletta normani Sollas, 1880 (basis of record)
Ecionemia Bowerbank, 1862 (basis of record)
Ecionemia acervus Bowerbank, 1862 (additional source)
Ecionemia walkeri (de Laubenfels, 1954) (basis of record)
Hemiasterella affinis Carter, 1879 (additional source)
Hezekia de Laubenfels, 1934 accepted as Ecionemia Bowerbank, 1862 (basis of record)
Hezekia demera de Laubenfels, 1934 accepted as Ecionemia demera (de Laubenfels, 1934) (source of synonymy)
Hezekia walkeri de Laubenfels, 1954 accepted as Ecionemia walkeri (de Laubenfels, 1954) (additional source)
Holoxea Topsent, 1892 (basis of record)
Jaspis Gray, 1867 (basis of record)
Jaspis digonoxea (de Laubenfels, 1950) (basis of record)
Jaspis digonoxea diastra (Vacelet & Vasseur, 1965) accepted as Jaspis diastra (Vacelet & Vasseur, 1965) (basis of record)
Jaspis splendens (de Laubenfels, 1954) (basis of record)
Jaspis stelligera (Dendy & Burton, 1926) (basis of record)
Kapnesolenia de Laubenfels, 1934 accepted as Tribrachium Weltner, 1882 (basis of record)
Kapnesolenia fisheri de Laubenfels, 1934 accepted as Tribrachium schmidtii Weltner, 1882 (taxonomy source)
Melophlus Thiele, 1899 (redescription)
Monosyringa Brøndsted, 1924 accepted as Tethyopsis Stewart, 1870 (additional source)
Monotria de Laubenfels, 1936 accepted as Stelletta Schmidt, 1862 (basis of record)
Myriastra Sollas, 1886 accepted as Stelletta Schmidt, 1862 (basis of record)
Najax Laubenfels, 1936 accepted as Paratimea Hallmann, 1917 (basis of record)
Pachamphilla Lendenfeld, 1907 accepted as Penares Gray, 1867 (basis of record)
Papyrula Schmidt, 1868 accepted as Penares Gray, 1867 (basis of record)
Penares Gray, 1867 (basis of record)
Pilochrota Sollas, 1886 accepted as Stelletta Schmidt, 1862 (basis of record)
Psammastra Sollas, 1886 (basis of record)
Rhabdastrella Thiele, 1903 (basis of record)
Rhabdastrella cribriporosa (Dendy, 1916) (basis of record)
Rhabdastrella oxytoxa (Thomas, 1973) (basis of record)
Rhabdastrella primitiva (Burton, 1926) (basis of record)
Rhabdastrella providentiae (Dendy, 1916) (basis of record)
Rhabdastrella rowi (Dendy, 1916) (basis of record)
Rhabdastrella spinosa (Lévi, 1967) (basis of record)
Rhabdastrella sterrastraea (Row, 1911) (basis of record)
Sanidastrella Topsent, 1892 accepted as Ancorina Schmidt, 1862 (basis of record)
Sanidastrella coronata Topsent, 1892 accepted as Ancorina radix Marenzeller, 1889 (additional source)
Stelletta Schmidt, 1862 (basis of record)
Stelletta agglutinans (Dendy, 1905) (basis of record)
Stelletta communis (Sollas, 1886) (basis of record)
Stelletta dendyi (Sollas, 1888) (basis of record)
Stelletta incrustans (Topsent, 1890) accepted as Jaspis incrustans (Topsent, 1890) (basis of record)
Stelletta normani Sollas, 1880 (basis of record)
Stelletta parvispicula (Sollas, 1886) (basis of record)
Stelletta pulchra (Sollas, 1886) (basis of record)
Stelletta pyriformis (Sollas, 1886) (basis of record)
Stelletta ridleyi (Sollas, 1886) (basis of record)
Stellettinopsis Carter, 1879 (source of synonymy)
Stellettinopsis kaena de Laubenfels, 1957 accepted as Asteropus kaena (de Laubenfels, 1957) (basis of record)
Stellettinopsis ketostea de Laubenfels, 1950 accepted as Asteropus ketostea (de Laubenfels, 1950) (basis of record)
Stellettinopsis simplex Carter, 1879 accepted as Asteropus simplex (Carter, 1879) (basis of record)
Stryphnus Sollas, 1886 (basis of record)
Stryphnus niger Sollas, 1886 (basis of record)
Tethyopsis Stewart, 1870 (basis of record)
Tethyopsis dissimilis Ridley, 1884 accepted as Disyringa dissimilis (Ridley, 1884) (basis of record)
Thalassomora Lendenfeld, 1888 accepted as Ecionemia Bowerbank, 1862 (basis of record)
Tribrachion Weltner, 1882 accepted as Tribrachium Weltner, 1882 (basis of record)
Tribrachium Weltner, 1882 (basis of record)
Tribrachium fisheri (de Laubenfels, 1934) accepted as Tribrachium schmidtii Weltner, 1882 (new combination reference)
Tribrachium schmidtii Weltner, 1882 (additional source)
Vioa johnstonii Schmidt, 1862 accepted as Jaspis johnstonii (Schmidt, 1862) (basis of record)
Zaplethea de Laubenfels, 1950 accepted as Jaspis Gray, 1867 (basis of record)
Zaplethea digonoxea diastra Vacelet & Vasseur, 1965 accepted as Jaspis diastra (Vacelet & Vasseur, 1965) (basis of record)
Ancorina novaezealandiae Dendy, 1924 accepted as Ecionemia novaezealandiae (Dendy, 1924) (basis of record)
Ancorinidae Schmidt, 1870 (basis of record)
Anthastra Sollas, 1886 accepted as Stelletta Schmidt, 1862 (basis of record)
Anthastra communis Sollas, 1886 accepted as Stelletta communis (Sollas, 1886) (basis of record)
Anthastra ridleyi (Sollas, 1886) accepted as Stelletta ridleyi (Sollas, 1886) (basis of record)
Asteropus Sollas, 1888 (basis of record)
Asteropus simplex (Carter, 1879) (basis of record)
Astrella Sollas, 1886 accepted as Stelletta Schmidt, 1862 (additional source)
Astrella vosmaeri Sollas, 1886 accepted as Stelletta vosmaeri (Sollas, 1886) (basis of record)
Astroplakina Dendy & Burton, 1926 accepted as Jaspis Gray, 1867 (basis of record)
Astroplakina stelligera Dendy & Burton, 1926 accepted as Jaspis stelligera (Dendy & Burton, 1926) (basis of record)
Aurora Sollas, 1888 accepted as Rhabdastrella Thiele, 1903 (basis of record)
Aurora oxytoxa Thomas, 1973 accepted as Rhabdastrella oxytoxa (Thomas, 1973) (basis of record)
Aurora providentiae Dendy, 1916 accepted as Rhabdastrella providentiae (Dendy, 1916) (basis of record)
Aurora rowi Dendy, 1916 accepted as Rhabdastrella rowi (Dendy, 1916) (basis of record)
Collingsia Gray, 1867 accepted as Stelletta Schmidt, 1862 (basis of record)
Collingsia sarniensis Gray, 1867 accepted as Stelletta grubii Schmidt, 1862 (basis of record)
Cryptosyringa Vacelet, 1979 (basis of record)
Cryptosyringa membranophila Vacelet, 1979 (basis of record)
Cryptotethya Dendy, 1905 accepted as Stelletta Schmidt, 1862 (basis of record)
Cryptotethya agglutinans Dendy, 1905 accepted as Stelletta agglutinans (Dendy, 1905) (basis of record)
Diastra Row, 1911 accepted as Rhabdastrella Thiele, 1903 (basis of record)
Diastra sterrastraea Row, 1911 accepted as Rhabdastrella sterrastraea (Row, 1911) (basis of record)
Disyringa Sollas, 1888 (basis of record)
Disyringa dissimilis (Ridley, 1884) (basis of record)
Dorypleres Sollas, 1888 accepted as Stelletta Schmidt, 1862 (additional source)
Dorypleres dendyi Sollas, 1888 accepted as Stelletta dendyi (Sollas, 1888) (basis of record)
Dorypleres splendens de Laubenfels, 1954 accepted as Jaspis splendens (de Laubenfels, 1954) (basis of record)
Dragmastra Sollas, 1888 accepted as Stelletta Schmidt, 1862 (basis of record)
Dragmastra normani (Sollas, 1880) accepted as Stelletta normani Sollas, 1880 (basis of record)
Ecionemia Bowerbank, 1862 (basis of record)
Ecionemia acervus Bowerbank, 1862 (additional source)
Ecionemia walkeri (de Laubenfels, 1954) (basis of record)
Hemiasterella affinis Carter, 1879 (additional source)
Hezekia de Laubenfels, 1934 accepted as Ecionemia Bowerbank, 1862 (basis of record)
Hezekia demera de Laubenfels, 1934 accepted as Ecionemia demera (de Laubenfels, 1934) (source of synonymy)
Hezekia walkeri de Laubenfels, 1954 accepted as Ecionemia walkeri (de Laubenfels, 1954) (additional source)
Holoxea Topsent, 1892 (basis of record)
Jaspis Gray, 1867 (basis of record)
Jaspis digonoxea (de Laubenfels, 1950) (basis of record)
Jaspis digonoxea diastra (Vacelet & Vasseur, 1965) accepted as Jaspis diastra (Vacelet & Vasseur, 1965) (basis of record)
Jaspis splendens (de Laubenfels, 1954) (basis of record)
Jaspis stelligera (Dendy & Burton, 1926) (basis of record)
Kapnesolenia de Laubenfels, 1934 accepted as Tribrachium Weltner, 1882 (basis of record)
Kapnesolenia fisheri de Laubenfels, 1934 accepted as Tribrachium schmidtii Weltner, 1882 (taxonomy source)
Melophlus Thiele, 1899 (redescription)
Monosyringa Brøndsted, 1924 accepted as Tethyopsis Stewart, 1870 (additional source)
Monotria de Laubenfels, 1936 accepted as Stelletta Schmidt, 1862 (basis of record)
Myriastra Sollas, 1886 accepted as Stelletta Schmidt, 1862 (basis of record)
Najax Laubenfels, 1936 accepted as Paratimea Hallmann, 1917 (basis of record)
Pachamphilla Lendenfeld, 1907 accepted as Penares Gray, 1867 (basis of record)
Papyrula Schmidt, 1868 accepted as Penares Gray, 1867 (basis of record)
Penares Gray, 1867 (basis of record)
Pilochrota Sollas, 1886 accepted as Stelletta Schmidt, 1862 (basis of record)
Psammastra Sollas, 1886 (basis of record)
Rhabdastrella Thiele, 1903 (basis of record)
Rhabdastrella cribriporosa (Dendy, 1916) (basis of record)
Rhabdastrella oxytoxa (Thomas, 1973) (basis of record)
Rhabdastrella primitiva (Burton, 1926) (basis of record)
Rhabdastrella providentiae (Dendy, 1916) (basis of record)
Rhabdastrella rowi (Dendy, 1916) (basis of record)
Rhabdastrella spinosa (Lévi, 1967) (basis of record)
Rhabdastrella sterrastraea (Row, 1911) (basis of record)
Sanidastrella Topsent, 1892 accepted as Ancorina Schmidt, 1862 (basis of record)
Sanidastrella coronata Topsent, 1892 accepted as Ancorina radix Marenzeller, 1889 (additional source)
Stelletta Schmidt, 1862 (basis of record)
Stelletta agglutinans (Dendy, 1905) (basis of record)
Stelletta communis (Sollas, 1886) (basis of record)
Stelletta dendyi (Sollas, 1888) (basis of record)
Stelletta incrustans (Topsent, 1890) accepted as Jaspis incrustans (Topsent, 1890) (basis of record)
Stelletta normani Sollas, 1880 (basis of record)
Stelletta parvispicula (Sollas, 1886) (basis of record)
Stelletta pulchra (Sollas, 1886) (basis of record)
Stelletta pyriformis (Sollas, 1886) (basis of record)
Stelletta ridleyi (Sollas, 1886) (basis of record)
Stellettinopsis Carter, 1879 (source of synonymy)
Stellettinopsis kaena de Laubenfels, 1957 accepted as Asteropus kaena (de Laubenfels, 1957) (basis of record)
Stellettinopsis ketostea de Laubenfels, 1950 accepted as Asteropus ketostea (de Laubenfels, 1950) (basis of record)
Stellettinopsis simplex Carter, 1879 accepted as Asteropus simplex (Carter, 1879) (basis of record)
Stryphnus Sollas, 1886 (basis of record)
Stryphnus niger Sollas, 1886 (basis of record)
Tethyopsis Stewart, 1870 (basis of record)
Tethyopsis dissimilis Ridley, 1884 accepted as Disyringa dissimilis (Ridley, 1884) (basis of record)
Thalassomora Lendenfeld, 1888 accepted as Ecionemia Bowerbank, 1862 (basis of record)
Tribrachion Weltner, 1882 accepted as Tribrachium Weltner, 1882 (basis of record)
Tribrachium Weltner, 1882 (basis of record)
Tribrachium fisheri (de Laubenfels, 1934) accepted as Tribrachium schmidtii Weltner, 1882 (new combination reference)
Tribrachium schmidtii Weltner, 1882 (additional source)
Vioa johnstonii Schmidt, 1862 accepted as Jaspis johnstonii (Schmidt, 1862) (basis of record)
Zaplethea de Laubenfels, 1950 accepted as Jaspis Gray, 1867 (basis of record)
Zaplethea digonoxea diastra Vacelet & Vasseur, 1965 accepted as Jaspis diastra (Vacelet & Vasseur, 1965) (basis of record)
