Rhabdastrella globostellata (Carter, 1883) 
AphiaID: 169886

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

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Rhabdastrella Thiele, 1903
Synonymised taxa		Aurora globostellata (Carter, 1883) (genus transfer) Geodia globostellata (Carter, 1883) (reverted genus transfer) Stelletta globostellata Carter, 1883 (genus transfer) Stellettinopsis purpurea Carter, 1886 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Sources		original description: Carter, H.J. 1883a. Contributions to our Knowledge of the Spongida. Pachytragida. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5) 11(65):344-369, pls XIV-XV. [details] [full text] basis of record: Kennedy, J.A. 2000. Resolving the ‘Jaspis stellifera’ complex. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 45(2): 453-476. [details] [full text] additional source: Pulitzer-Finali, G. 1993. A collection of marine sponges from East Africa. Annales Museo Civico Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria" 89: 247-350. [details] source of synonymy: Cárdenas P, Xavier JR, Reveillaud J, Schander C, Rapp HT (2011) Molecular Phylogeny of the Astrophorida (Porifera, Demospongiae) Reveals an Unexpected High Level of Spicule Homoplasy. PLoS ONE 6(4) , available online at http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0018318 [details] [full text] from synonym: Carter, H.J. 1886b. Descriptions of Sponges from the Neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads, South Australia, continued. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5) 17 (97, 98, 101, 102): 40-53, 112-127, 431-441, 502-516. [details] [view taxon] [full text] from synonym: Lévi, C. 1961a. Résultats scientifiques des Campagnes de la ‘Calypso’.Campagne 1954 dans l’Océan Indien (suite). 2. Les spongiaires de l’Ile Aldabra. Annales de l’Institut océanographique 39(1): 1-32, pls 1-2. [details] [view taxon]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution		Aldabra (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Andaman and Nicobar Islands [details] Australia (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Banda Sea [details] Bonaparte Coast [details] Central and Southern Great Barrier Reef [details] East African Coral Coast [details] Fiji Islands [details] Madagascar (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Mombasa [details] Palawan/North Borneo [details] Providence (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Seychelles [details] Shimoni [details] South India and Sri Lanka [details] Sri Lanka (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Sunda Shelf/Java Sea [details] Torres Strait Northern Great Barrier Reef [details] Tweed-Moreton [details] Vanuatu [details] West Caroline Islands [details]
Links		To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 3 proteins) To Sponge Barcoding Database (Rhabdastrella globostellata) To Sponge Barcoding Database (Rhabdastrella globostellata) To Sponge Barcoding Database (Rhabdastrella globostellata) To Sponge Barcoding Database (Rhabdastrella globostellata) To Sponge Barcoding Database (Rhabdastrella globostellata) To Sponge Barcoding Database (Rhabdastrella globostellata) To Sponge Barcoding Database (Rhabdastrella globostellata) To Sponge Barcoding Database (Rhabdastrella globostellata) To Sponge Barcoding Database (Rhabdastrella globostellata) To Sponge Barcoding Database (Rhabdastrella globostellata) To Sponge Barcoding Database (Rhabdastrella globostellata) To Sponge Barcoding Database (Rhabdastrella globostellata) To Sponge Barcoding Database (Rhabdastrella globostellata) To Sponge Barcoding Database (Rhabdastrella globostellata)
Note		According to Cardenas et al. (2011) this species is a Geodia based on molecular analysis, but since it lacks the sterrasters of Geodia, this decision is postponed until confirmed by independent studies. [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:169886
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2005-07-10 18:05:41Z   created   db_admin 2005-09-09 16:45:37Z   changed   Vanden Berghe, Edward 2005-12-17 11:44:10Z   changed   Vanden Berghe, Edward 2006-07-05 14:24:36Z   changed   van Soest, Rob 2012-04-28 08:05:18Z   changed   Boury-Esnault, Nicole 2012-05-10 17:20:53Z   changed   van Soest, Rob
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		Citation: van Soest, R.; Boury-Esnault, N. (2013). Rhabdastrella globostellata (Carter, 1883). 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=169886 on 2013-05-25