WoRMS taxon details
Leptosastra constellata Topsent, 1904
AphiaID: 133670
AphiaID: 133670
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Hadromerida (Order) > Hemiasterellidae (Family) > Leptosastra (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Typetaxon of |
Leptosastra Topsent, 1904 | ||||||||||
| Parent | Leptosastra Topsent, 1904 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Hymedesmia constellata (Topsent, 1904) (reverted genus transfer) | ||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Topsent, E. 1904b. Spongiaires des Açores. Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco 25: 1-280, pls 1-18. [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] | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Azores (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Azores Canaries Madeira [details] Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details] | ||||||||||
| Specimen | Unknown type: MNHN DT 1033, locality Azores (stn 578) [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To PESI | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Leptosastra constellata is a perplexing sponge sharing characters of Hemiasterellidae (a crust of asters) and Hymedesmiidae (basal acanthostyles). Various assignments of authors reflect these ambiguous characters. [details] Holotype: MOM [details] Type locality: Azores [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:133670 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Leptosastra constellata Topsent, 1904. 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/authority/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=133670 on 2013-05-23 | |||||||||||
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