Porifera taxon details
Acanthostrongylophora ashmorica Hooper, 1984
166796 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:166796)
accepted
Species
Xestospongia ashmorica (Hooper, 1984) · unaccepted (reverted genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hooper, J.N.A. (1984). A new genus and two new species of haplosclerid sponges (Porifera: Demospongiae) from the Timor Sea, Northwest Australia. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria (New Series).</em> 96 (2): 55-60.
page(s): 58-60 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 58-60 [details] Available for editors
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Holotype NMV F51374, geounit Exmouth to Broome
Holotype NMV F51374, geounit Exmouth to Broome [details]
Taxonomy This species is close to and may be a junior synonym of Acanthostrongylophora ingens.
Taxonomy This species is close to and may be a junior synonym of Acanthostrongylophora ingens. [details]
de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Acanthostrongylophora ashmorica Hooper, 1984. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=166796 on 2025-06-25
original description
Hooper, J.N.A. (1984). A new genus and two new species of haplosclerid sponges (Porifera: Demospongiae) from the Timor Sea, Northwest Australia. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria (New Series).</em> 96 (2): 55-60.
page(s): 58-60 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Desqueyroux-Faúndez, R.; Valentine, C. (2002). Family Petrosiidae Van Soest, 1980. Pp. 906-917. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York. 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details]
basis of record Desqueyroux-Faúndez, R.; Valentine, C. (2002 [2004]). Family Petrosiidae Van Soest, 1980. Pp. 906-917. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York. 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination reference (of Xestospongia ashmorica (Hooper, 1984)) Edrada, R.A.; Proksch, P.; Wray, V.; Witte, L.; Müller, W.E.G.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (1996). Four new bioactive manzamine-type alkaloids from the Philiipine marine sponge <i>Xestospongia ashmorica</i>. <em>Journal of Natural Products.</em> 59: 1056-1060.
page(s): 1059 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 58-60 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Desqueyroux-Faúndez, R.; Valentine, C. (2002). Family Petrosiidae Van Soest, 1980. Pp. 906-917. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York. 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details]
basis of record Desqueyroux-Faúndez, R.; Valentine, C. (2002 [2004]). Family Petrosiidae Van Soest, 1980. Pp. 906-917. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York. 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
[request]new combination reference (of Xestospongia ashmorica (Hooper, 1984)) Edrada, R.A.; Proksch, P.; Wray, V.; Witte, L.; Müller, W.E.G.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (1996). Four new bioactive manzamine-type alkaloids from the Philiipine marine sponge <i>Xestospongia ashmorica</i>. <em>Journal of Natural Products.</em> 59: 1056-1060.
page(s): 1059 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype NMV F51374, geounit Exmouth to Broome [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy This species is close to and may be a junior synonym of Acanthostrongylophora ingens. [details]
