WoRMS taxon details
Hemiasterella vasiformis (Kirkpatrick, 1903)
170600 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:170600)
accepted
Species
Hemiastrella vasiformis (Kirkpatrick, 1903) · unaccepted (misspelling of genus name)
Kalastrella vasiformis Kirkpatrick, 1903 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
- Variety Hemiasterella vasiformis var. minor (Kirkpatrick, 1903) accepted as Hemiasterella minor (Kirkpatrick, 1903) (status change)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Kalastrella vasiformis Kirkpatrick, 1903) Kirkpatrick, R. (1903). Descriptions of South African Sponges. Part III. <em>Marine Investigations in South Africa.</em> 2 (14): 233-264, pls V-VI., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.366550
page(s): 238-239 [details]
page(s): 238-239 [details]
Type locality contained in Natal
type locality contained in Natal [from synonym] [view taxon] [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.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2026). World Porifera Database. Hemiasterella vasiformis (Kirkpatrick, 1903). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=170600 on 2026-09-11
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Kalastrella vasiformis Kirkpatrick, 1903) Kirkpatrick, R. (1903). Descriptions of South African Sponges. Part III. <em>Marine Investigations in South Africa.</em> 2 (14): 233-264, pls V-VI., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.366550
page(s): 238-239 [details]
new combination reference Topsent, E. (1919). Notes sur les genres <i>Semisuberites</i> et <i>Hemiasterella</i>. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut océanographique, Monaco.</em> 359: 1-11.
page(s): 6 [details]
page(s): 238-239 [details]
new combination reference Topsent, E. (1919). Notes sur les genres <i>Semisuberites</i> et <i>Hemiasterella</i>. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut océanographique, Monaco.</em> 359: 1-11.
page(s): 6 [details]
Other
additional source
Samaai, T.; Pillay, R.; Janson, L. (2019). Shallow-water Demospongiae (Porifera) from Sodwana Bay, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4587(1): 1-85., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4587.1.1
page(s): 21-22 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
