Calthropella (Pachataxa) lithistina (Schmidt, 1880) 
AphiaID: 555805

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Astrophorida (Order) > Calthropellidae (Family) > Calthropella (Genus) > Calthropella (Pachataxa) (Subgenus)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Calthropella (Pachataxa) de Laubenfels, 1936
Synonymised taxa		Dercitus lithistinus (Schmidt, 1880) (genus transfer) Pachastrella lithistina Schmidt, 1880 (genus transfer) Pachataxa lithistina (Schmidt, 1880) (genus transfer)
Sources		original description: Schmidt, O. 1880b. Die Spongien des Meerbusen von Mexico (Und des caraibischen Meeres). Heft II. Abtheilung II. Hexactinelliden. Abtheilung III. Tetractinelliden. Monactinelliden und Anhang. Nachträge zu Abtheilung I (Lithistiden). Pp. 33-90, pls V-X. In: Reports on the dredging under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico, by the USCSS ‘Blake’. (Gustav Fischer:Jena). [details] [full text] basis of record: Van Soest, R.W.M.; Beglinger, E.J.; De Voogd, N.J. 2010. Skeletons in confusion: a review of astrophorid sponges with (dicho-)calthrops as structural megascleres (Porifera, Demospongiae, Astrophorida). Zookeys 68: 1-88. [details] [full text] from synonym: Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hooper, J.N.A. (2002). Family Calthropellidae Lendenfeld, 1906, in: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (Ed.) (2002). Systema porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges. pp. 127-133 (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Lendenfeld, R. Von 1903. Porifera. Tetraxonia. Pp. vi-xv, 1-168. In:Schulze, Franz Eilhard (Ed.), Das Tierreich. 19. (Friedländer: Berlin). [details] [view taxon] [full text]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution		Caribbean Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Cuba (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Eastern Caribbean [details] Grenada (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Grenadian Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Specimen		Holotype (from synonym): MCZ 6384, locality Eastern Caribbean (Grenada. stat. 253) [view taxon]
Link		To Encyclopedia of Life
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:555805
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2010-12-15 10:30:55Z   created   van Soest, Rob
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		Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Calthropella (Pachataxa) lithistina (Schmidt, 1880). 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=555805 on 2013-05-20