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Pachastrella abyssi Schmidt, 1870 
AphiaID: 134072

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Astrophorida (Order) > Pachastrellidae (Family) > Pachastrella (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Pachastrella Schmidt, 1868
Sources  original description: Schmidt, O. 1870. Grundzüge einer Spongien-Fauna des atlantischen Gebietes. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): iii-iv, 1-88, pls I-VI. [details] [full text]

basis of record: Maldonado,M.,2002. Family Pachastrellidae. Pp.141-162. In: Hooper, J.N.A., van Soest,R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publ., New York, 1708 pp. [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]

additional source: Van Soest, R.W.M.; Stentoft, N. 1988. Barbados Deep-Water Sponges. In: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 122. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao andother Caribbean Islands, 70(215): 1-175. [details] [full text]

additional source: Rützler, K., R. W. M. van Soest, and C. Piantoni. 2009. Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 285–313 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]

additional source: Cárdenas,P.; Rapp, H. T. 2012. A review of Norwegian streptaster-bearing Astrophorida (Porifera:Demospongiae:Tetractinellida), new records and a new species. Zootaxa, 3253, 1-52 , available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2012/f/zt03253p053.pdf [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Azores (probably not valid[details]
Barbados [details]
Barbados Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Caribbean Sea [details]
Cuba [details]
Eastern Caribbean [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) (not valid[details]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
North Coast of Spain (probably not valid[details]
United States part of the Gulf of Mexico [details]
Specimen  Syntype: ZMUB , locality Eastern Caribbean (St. Cruz) [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection
To ITIS
Notes  According to Maldonado (2002) this is a junior synonym of P. monilifera, although van Soest & Stentoft, 1988 retain it as valid. [details]

Holotype: BMNH 1870.5.3.59 [details]

Type locality: Florida, USA [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134072
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Pachastrella abyssi Schmidt, 1870. 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=134072 on 2013-05-23
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