WoRMS taxon details
Characella Sollas, 1886
132012 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132012)
accepted
Genus
Characella aspera Sollas, 1886 (type by original designation)
Neothenea de Laubenfels, 1934 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Yodomia Lebwohl, 1914 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Species Characella abbreviata Wilson, 1925
Species Characella agassizi Sollas, 1888
Species Characella aspera Sollas, 1886
Species Characella capitolii Mothes, Maldonado, Eckert, Lerner, Campos & Carraro, 2007
Species Characella connectens (Schmidt, 1870)
Species Characella enae (de Laubenfels, 1934)
Species Characella flexibilis Lévi, 1993
Species Characella ijimai (Lebwohl, 1914)
Species Characella laevis Lebwohl, 1914
Species Characella luna Dias, Santos & Pinheiro, 2019
Species Characella pachastrelloides (Carter, 1876)
Species Characella poecillastroides Van Soest, Meesters & Becking, 2014
Species Characella reticulata Lebwohl, 1914
Species Characella stellettodes (Carter, 1885)
Species Characella tripodaria (Schmidt, 1868)
Species Characella saxicola Topsent, 1892 accepted as Poecillastra saxicola (Topsent, 1892) (genus transfer)
Species Characella sollasi Topsent, 1890 accepted as Characella pachastrelloides (Carter, 1876) (junior synonym)
Species Characella tuberosa Lévi, 1964 accepted as Poecillastra tuberosa (Lévi, 1964) (genus transfer)
Species Characella agassizi Sollas, 1888
Species Characella aspera Sollas, 1886
Species Characella capitolii Mothes, Maldonado, Eckert, Lerner, Campos & Carraro, 2007
Species Characella connectens (Schmidt, 1870)
Species Characella enae (de Laubenfels, 1934)
Species Characella flexibilis Lévi, 1993
Species Characella ijimai (Lebwohl, 1914)
Species Characella laevis Lebwohl, 1914
Species Characella luna Dias, Santos & Pinheiro, 2019
Species Characella pachastrelloides (Carter, 1876)
Species Characella poecillastroides Van Soest, Meesters & Becking, 2014
Species Characella reticulata Lebwohl, 1914
Species Characella stellettodes (Carter, 1885)
Species Characella tripodaria (Schmidt, 1868)
Species Characella saxicola Topsent, 1892 accepted as Poecillastra saxicola (Topsent, 1892) (genus transfer)
Species Characella sollasi Topsent, 1890 accepted as Characella pachastrelloides (Carter, 1876) (junior synonym)
Species Characella tuberosa Lévi, 1964 accepted as Poecillastra tuberosa (Lévi, 1964) (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Sollas, W.J. (1886). Preliminary account of the Tetractinellid sponges Dredged by H.M.S. ‘Challenger' 1872-76. Part I. The Choristida. <em>Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society (new series).</em> 5: 177-199. [details] 
Taxonomy Characella is clearly an Astrophorid species. For the time being, we allocated it to Pachastrellidae even if its...
Taxonomy Erected for type species Characella aspera by original designation.
Taxonomy Characella is clearly an Astrophorid species. For the time being, we allocated it to Pachastrellidae even if its relationships with the other genera of the family are not clearly established (Cardenas & Rapp, 2012). [details]
Taxonomy Erected for type species Characella aspera by original designation.
Taxonomy Erected for type species Characella aspera by original designation. [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. (2023). World Porifera Database. Characella Sollas, 1886. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=132012 on 2023-09-26
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original description
Sollas, W.J. (1886). Preliminary account of the Tetractinellid sponges Dredged by H.M.S. ‘Challenger' 1872-76. Part I. The Choristida. <em>Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society (new series).</em> 5: 177-199. [details]
original description (of Yodomia Lebwohl, 1914) Lebwohl, F. (1914). Japanische Tetraxonida, I. <i>Sigmatophora</i> und II.<i>Astrophora metastrosa</i>. <em>Journal of the College of Sciences.</em> Imperial University of Tokyo 35(2): 1-116, pls I-IX.
page(s): 63-64 [details]
original description (of Neothenea de Laubenfels, 1934) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1934). New sponges from the Puerto Rican deep. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> 91(17): 1-28.
page(s): 5 [details]
basis of record Maldonado, M. (2002[2004]). Family Pachastrellidae Carter, 1875. Pp.141-162. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A., van Soest,R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A Guide to the Classification of Sponges (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publ., New York.</em> 1708+xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Maldonado, M. (2002). Family Pachastrellidae Carter, 1875. Pp.141-162. <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 Publ., New York. 1708+xvliii, ISBN 0-306-47260-0. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kelly, M.; Edwards, A.R.; Wilkinson, M.R.; Alvarez, B.; Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R.; Buckeridge, St J.; Campbell, H.J.; Reiswig, H.M.; Valentine, C.; Vacelet, J. (2009). Phylum Porifera: sponges. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 23-46. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Yodomia Lebwohl, 1914) Lebwohl, F. (1914). Japanische Tetraxonida, I. <i>Sigmatophora</i> und II.<i>Astrophora metastrosa</i>. <em>Journal of the College of Sciences.</em> Imperial University of Tokyo 35(2): 1-116, pls I-IX.
page(s): 63-64 [details]
original description (of Neothenea de Laubenfels, 1934) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1934). New sponges from the Puerto Rican deep. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> 91(17): 1-28.
page(s): 5 [details]
basis of record Maldonado, M. (2002[2004]). Family Pachastrellidae Carter, 1875. Pp.141-162. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A., van Soest,R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A Guide to the Classification of Sponges (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publ., New York.</em> 1708+xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
[request] basis of record Maldonado, M. (2002). Family Pachastrellidae Carter, 1875. Pp.141-162. <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 Publ., New York. 1708+xvliii, ISBN 0-306-47260-0. [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Kelly, M.; Edwards, A.R.; Wilkinson, M.R.; Alvarez, B.; Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R.; Buckeridge, St J.; Campbell, H.J.; Reiswig, H.M.; Valentine, C.; Vacelet, J. (2009). Phylum Porifera: sponges. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 23-46. [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Taxonomy Characella is clearly an Astrophorid species. For the time being, we allocated it to Pachastrellidae even if its relationships with the other genera of the family are not clearly established (Cardenas & Rapp, 2012). [details]Taxonomy Erected for type species Characella aspera by original designation. [details]
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| Japanese | ヨドミカイメン属 | [details] |
