WoRMS taxon details
Brachiaster Wilson, 1925
AphiaID: 170231
AphiaID: 170231
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Astrophorida (Order) > Pachastrellidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Brachiaster simplex Wilson, 1925 (type by monotypy) | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Pachastrellidae Carter, 1875 | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Wilson, H.V. 1925. Silicious and horny sponges collected by the U.S. Fisheries Steamer ‘Albatross’ during the Philippine Expedition,1907-10. Pp. 273-532, pls 37-52. In: Contributions to the biology of the Philippine Archipelago and adjacent regions. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 100(2, part 4). [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] | |||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Brachiaster claudelevii Pisera & Bitner, 2007 † Species Brachiaster simplex Wilson, 1925 | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent + fossil | |||||||||||||
| Link | To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Note |
Type specimen: USNM. [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:170231 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Brachiaster Wilson, 1925. 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=170231 on 2013-05-25 | ||||||||||||||
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