WoRMS taxon details
Psammastra Sollas, 1886
AphiaID: 169874
AphiaID: 169874
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Astrophorida (Order) > Ancorinidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||||||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Psammastra murrayi Sollas, 1886 (type by monotypy) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Ancorinidae Schmidt, 1870 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Rhabdodragma Dendy, 1916 (junior synonym) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Sollas, W.J. 1886a. Preliminary account of the Tetractinellid sponges Dredged by H.M.S. ‘Challenger’ 1872-76. Part I. The Choristida. Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society (new series) 5:177-199. [details] [full text]
original description: 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] [full text] basis of record: Uriz, M.J. (2002). Family Ancorinidae Schmidt, 1870, in: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (Ed.) (2002). Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges. pp. 108-126 (look up in IMIS) [details] from synonym: Dendy, A. 1916c. Report on the Homosclerophora and Astrotetraxonida collected by H.M.S. ‘Sealark’ in the Indian Ocean. Pp. 225-271,pls 44-48. In: Reports of the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905, Volume 6. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (2), 17(2). [details] [view taxon] [full text] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Psammastra conulosa Kieschnick, 1896 Species Psammastra murrayi Sollas, 1886 Species Psammastra oxygigas Lévi, 1993 Species Psammastra gigas Lendenfeld, 1888 accepted as Ecionemia robusta (Carter, 1883) accepted as Ancorina robusta (Carter, 1883) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | |||||||||||||||||||
| Link | To ITIS | |||||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:169874 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: van Soest, R.; Boury-Esnault, N. (2013). Psammastra Sollas, 1886. 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=169874 on 2013-05-20 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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