Rhabdastrella Thiele, 1903 
AphiaID: 169878

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Astrophorida (Order) > Ancorinidae (Family)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Genus
Typetaxon		Coppatias distinctus Thiele, 1900 (type by original designation)
Parent		Ancorinidae Schmidt, 1870
Synonymised taxa		Aurora Sollas, 1888 (preoccupied) Diastra Row, 1911 (junior synonym)
Sources		original description: Thiele, J. 1903a. Kieselschwämme von Ternate. II. Abhandlungen herausgegeben von der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft 25: 933-968, pl. XVIII. [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] [full text] additional source: Kelly, M. (2009). Demospongiae, Calcarea (Porifera). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details] from synonym: Kennedy, J.A. 2000. Resolving the ‘Jaspis stellifera’ complex. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 45(2): 453-476. [details] [view taxon] [full text] from synonym: 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] [view taxon] [full text] from synonym: Row, R.W.H. 1911. Reports on the Marine Biology of the Sudanese Red Sea, from Collections made by Cyril Crossland, M.A., B.Sc., F.Z.S. XIX. Report on the Sponges collected by Mr. Cyril Crossland in 1904-5. Part II. Non-Calcarea. Journal of the Linnean Society. Zoology 31 (208): 287-400, pls 35-41. [details] [view taxon] [full text]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Species Rhabdastrella actinosa (Lévi, 1964) Species Rhabdastrella aurora (Hentschel, 1909) Species Rhabdastrella cordata Wiedenmayer, 1989 Species Rhabdastrella cribriporosa (Dendy, 1916) Species Rhabdastrella distincta (Thiele, 1900) Species Rhabdastrella fibrosa Hechtel, 1983 Species Rhabdastrella globostellata (Carter, 1883) Species Rhabdastrella intermedia Wiedenmayer, 1989 Species Rhabdastrella membranacea (Hentschel, 1909) Species Rhabdastrella oxytoxa (Thomas, 1973) Species Rhabdastrella primitiva (Burton, 1926) Species Rhabdastrella providentiae (Dendy, 1916) Species Rhabdastrella reticulata (Carter, 1883) Species Rhabdastrella rowi (Dendy, 1916) Species Rhabdastrella spinosa (Lévi, 1967) Species Rhabdastrella sterrastraea (Row, 1911) Species Rhabdastrella trichophora (Lévi & Lévi, 1989) Species Rhabdastrella virgula Boury-Esnault, 1973 Species Rhabdastrella dura Tendal, 1969 accepted as Geodia dura (Tendal, 1969)
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Links		To GenBank To ITIS
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:169878
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2005-07-10 18:05:41Z   created   db_admin 2006-01-04 18:46:07Z   changed   van Soest, Rob 2008-06-25 18:26:22Z   changed   van Soest, Rob 2012-05-10 17:20:53Z   changed   van Soest, Rob
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		Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Rhabdastrella Thiele, 1903. 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=169878 on 2013-05-25