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Hooper, J.N.A. (2002). Family Hemiasterellidae Lendenfeld, 1889. pp. 186-195 in: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (Eds.). Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges. (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow).
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Hooper, J.N.A.
2002
Family Hemiasterellidae Lendenfeld, 1889. pp. 186-195 <i>in</i>: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (Eds.). Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges. (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow)
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Hemiasterellidae Lendenfeld (Demospongiae, Hadromerida) contains 11 nominal genera, of which six are valid, and approximately 20 described species worldwide. Species live in all oceans, predominantly in shallow waters, are often dichotomously branching or flabellate, with hispid surface or conules and stiff texture. The family has a unique combination of euasters mainly at the surface, and monaxonic megascleres (styles and/or oxeas) with distinctly structured arrangement of axial and extra-axial skeletons. Genera are differentiated predominantly on the basis of whether megascleres are diactinal or monactinal, development of the axial and extra-axial skeletons, presence or absence of ectosomal specialisation, and euaster morphology.
Systematics, Taxonomy
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Adreus Gray, 1867 (basis of record)
Axos Gray, 1867 (additional source)
Bubaris constellata Topsent, 1893 accepted as Paratimea constellata (Topsent, 1893) (basis of record)
Dictyocylindrus fascicularis Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Adreus fascicularis (Bowerbank, 1866) (basis of record)
Epallax Sollas, 1888 accepted as Hemiasterella Carter, 1879 (basis of record)
Halistella Sarà, 1958 accepted as Paratimea Hallmann, 1917 (additional source)
Hemiasterella Carter, 1879 (basis of record)
Hemiasterella affinis Carter, 1879 (basis of record)
Hemiasterella typus Carter, 1879 (basis of record)
Hemiasterellidae Lendenfeld, 1889 (taxonomy source)
Kalastrella Kirkpatrick, 1903 accepted as Hemiasterella Carter, 1879 (basis of record)
Kalastrella vasiformis Kirkpatrick, 1903 accepted as Hemiasterella vasiformis (Kirkpatrick, 1903) (basis of record)
Leptosastra Topsent, 1904 (basis of record)
Leptosastra constellata Topsent, 1904 (basis of record)
Paratimea constellata (Topsent, 1893) (basis of record)
Stelligera Gray, 1867 (basis of record)
Stelligera stuposa (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (basis of record)
Tylaspis Lévi & Lévi, 1983 accepted as Hemiasterella Carter, 1879 (basis of record)
Vibulinus Gray, 1867 accepted as Stelligera Gray, 1867 (basis of record)
Axos Gray, 1867 (additional source)
Bubaris constellata Topsent, 1893 accepted as Paratimea constellata (Topsent, 1893) (basis of record)
Dictyocylindrus fascicularis Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Adreus fascicularis (Bowerbank, 1866) (basis of record)
Epallax Sollas, 1888 accepted as Hemiasterella Carter, 1879 (basis of record)
Halistella Sarà, 1958 accepted as Paratimea Hallmann, 1917 (additional source)
Hemiasterella Carter, 1879 (basis of record)
Hemiasterella affinis Carter, 1879 (basis of record)
Hemiasterella typus Carter, 1879 (basis of record)
Hemiasterellidae Lendenfeld, 1889 (taxonomy source)
Kalastrella Kirkpatrick, 1903 accepted as Hemiasterella Carter, 1879 (basis of record)
Kalastrella vasiformis Kirkpatrick, 1903 accepted as Hemiasterella vasiformis (Kirkpatrick, 1903) (basis of record)
Leptosastra Topsent, 1904 (basis of record)
Leptosastra constellata Topsent, 1904 (basis of record)
Paratimea constellata (Topsent, 1893) (basis of record)
Stelligera Gray, 1867 (basis of record)
Stelligera stuposa (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (basis of record)
Tylaspis Lévi & Lévi, 1983 accepted as Hemiasterella Carter, 1879 (basis of record)
Vibulinus Gray, 1867 accepted as Stelligera Gray, 1867 (basis of record)
Syntype
Hooper (2002) mentions only Guernsey as type locality, whereas Bowerbank (1866: 112) considers Hastings as the ... [details]
