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Astroscleridae Lister, 1900 
AphiaID: 164847

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Agelasida (Order)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Agelasida
Sources  original description: Lister, J.J. (1900). Astrosclera willeyana, the type of a new family of sponges. Pp. 459-482, pls XLV-XLVIII. In:Willey’s Zoological Results.Part 4. (Cambridge University Press: Cambridge). [details]

basis of record: Vacelet, J. 2002. Family Astroscleridae Lister, 1900. Pp. 824-830. In Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). [details]

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 Genus Astrosclera Lister, 1900
Genus Ceratoporella Hickson, 1912
Genus Goreauiella Hartman, 1969
Genus Hispidopetra Hartman, 1969
Genus Stromatospongia Hartman, 1969

Genus Ceratopora Hickson, 1911 accepted as Ceratoporella Hickson, 1912
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:164847
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Date   action   by
2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2010-03-26 19:23:38Z  checked  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Astroscleridae Lister, 1900. 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=164847 on 2013-06-19
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