WoRMS taxon details
Astroscleridae Lister, 1900
- Genus Astrosclera Lister, 1900
- Genus Ceratoporella Hickson, 1912
- Genus Goreauiella Hartman, 1969
- Genus Hispidopetra Hartman, 1969
- Genus Stromatospongia Hartman, 1969
- Genus Ceratopora Hickson, 1911 accepted as Ceratoporella Hickson, 1912 (preoccupied)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Lister, J.J. (1900). <i>Astrosclera willeyana</i>, the type of a new family of sponges. Pp. 459-482, pls XLV-XLVIII. <em>Willey's Zoological Results.Part 4.</em> (Cambridge University Press: Cambridge). [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. (2025). World Porifera Database. Astroscleridae Lister, 1900. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=164847 on 2025-07-16
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Nomenclature
original description
Lister, J.J. (1900). <i>Astrosclera willeyana</i>, the type of a new family of sponges. Pp. 459-482, pls XLV-XLVIII. <em>Willey's Zoological Results.Part 4.</em> (Cambridge University Press: Cambridge). [details]
basis of record Vacelet, J. (2002 [2004]). Family Astroscleridae, Pp. 824-830. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M.(eds) <i>Systema Porifera - A Guide to the Classification of Sponges</i> (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY, 1708+ XLVIII. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Vacelet, J. (2002 [2004]). Family Astroscleridae, Pp. 824-830. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M.(eds) <i>Systema Porifera - A Guide to the Classification of Sponges</i> (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY, 1708+ XLVIII. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
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