Ascandra falcata Haeckel, 1870 
AphiaID: 132288

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Calcarea (Class) > Calcinea (Subclass) > Clathrinida (Order) > Leucaltidae (Family) > Ascandra (Genus)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Typetaxon of		Ascandra Haeckel, 1872 Homandra Lendenfeld, 1891
Parent		Ascandra Haeckel, 1872
Synonymised taxa		Grantia lieberkuehni Graeffe, 1882 (genus transfer & junior synonym) Homandra falcata (Hackel, 1870) (reverted genus transfer) Leucosolenia falcata (Haeckel, 1870) (genus transfer)
Sources		original description: Haeckel, E. 1870d. Prodromus eines Systems der Kalkschwämme. Jenaische Zeitschrift für Medicin und Naturwissenschaft 5: 236-254 (also appeared in English as: Haeckel, E. 1870. Prodromus of a system of the Calcareous sponges. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4) 5: 176-191). [details] [full text] original description: Haeckel, E. 1872b. Die Kalkschwämme. Eine Monographie in zwei Bänden Text und einem Atlas mit 60 Tafeln Abbildungen. (G. Reimer:Berlin): (1: 1-484) 2: 1-418 (3: pls 1-60). [details] [full text] 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: Borojevic, R. 1966a. Éponges calcaires des côtes de France. II. Le genre Ascandra Haeckel emend. Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale 107 (2): 357-367. [details] [full text] from synonym: Graeffe, E. 1882. Übersicht der Seethierfauna des Golfes von Triest. Archiv des Zoologisches Institut von Wien-Triest 4: 313-321. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Topsent, E. 1891a. Essai sur la faune des spongiaires de Roscoff. Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale (2) 9(4): 523-554,pl. XXII. [details] [view taxon] [full text] from synonym: Lendenfeld, R. von 1891. Die Spongien der Adria, I. Die Kalkschwämme. Z. wiss. Zool. 53 (2): 185-321, (3): 361-463. [details] [view taxon]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution		Adriatic Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Celtic Seas [details] Croatian Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] West Coast of France (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Specimen		Unknown type , locality Adriatic Sea [details]
Links		To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins) To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132288
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   van Soest, Rob
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		Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Ascandra falcata Haeckel, 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: 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 at http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=132288 on 2013-05-22