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Hemiasterella Carter, 1879 
AphiaID: 132035

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Hadromerida (Order) > Hemiasterellidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Hemiasterella typus Carter, 1879 (type by subsequent designation)
Parent Hemiasterellidae Lendenfeld, 1889
Synonymised
taxa
  Epallax Sollas, 1888 (junior synonym)
Hemiastrella Carter, 1879 (misspelling)
Kalastrella Kirkpatrick, 1903 (junior synonym)
Tylaspis Lévi & Lévi, 1983 (junior synonym)
Sources  original description: Carter, H.J. 1879d. On Holastrella, a Fossil Sponge of the Carboniferous Era, and on Hemiasterella, a new Genus of Recent Sponges. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5) 3 (14): 141-150, pl. XXI. [details] [full text]

basis of record: Hooper, J.N.A. (2002). Family Hemiasterellidae Lendenfeld, 1889, in: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (Ed.) (2002). Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges. pp. 186-195 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Van Soest, R.W.M. 2001. Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 85-103 (look up in IMIS[details]

from synonym: Sollas, W.J. 1888. Report on the Tetractinellida collected by H.M.S. Challenger, during the years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, 1873-1876. Zoology 25(63): 1-458, pls I-XLIV, 1 map. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

from synonym: Kirkpatrick, R. 1903b. Descriptions of South African Sponges.Part III. Marine Investigations in South Africa 2(14): 233-264, pls V-VI. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

from synonym: Lévi, C.; Lévi, P. 1983b. Démosponges bathyales récoltées par le N/O‘Vauban’ au sud de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Bulletin du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle (4, A) 5(4): 931-997. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Burton, M. 1929a. Porifera. Part II. Antarctic sponges. British Antarctic (‘Terra Nova’) Expedition, 1910. Natural History Report, London, British Museum (Natural History). Zoology 6(4): 393-458,pls I-V. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

from synonym: Burton, M. 1931a. On a Collection of Marine Sponges mostly from the Natal Coast. Annals of the Natal Museum 6 (3): 337-358, pl. XXIII. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

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taxa

[show all]
 Species Hemiasterella affinis Carter, 1879
Species Hemiasterella ajax (de Laubenfels, 1950)
Species Hemiasterella aristoteliana Voultsiadou-Koukoura & Van Soest, 1991
Species Hemiasterella bouilloni (Thomas, 1973)
Species Hemiasterella callocyathus (Sollas, 1888)
Species Hemiasterella complicata Topsent, 1919
Species Hemiasterella digitata Burton, 1929
Species Hemiasterella elongata Topsent, 1928
Species Hemiasterella intermedia Dendy, 1922
Species Hemiasterella magna Pulitzer-Finali, 1993
Species Hemiasterella strongylophora Lévi, 1956
Species Hemiasterella topsenti (Lévi & Lévi, 1983)
Species Hemiasterella typus Carter, 1879
Species Hemiasterella vasiformis (Kirkpatrick, 1903)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132035
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van Soest, Rob
2005-12-12 19:27:27Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
2010-05-24 18:09:26Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Hemiasterella Carter, 1879. In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M. (2013) World Porifera database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=132035 on 2013-05-19
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