WoRMS name details
Astrotylus Plotkin & Janussen, 2007
247781 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:247781)
unaccepted > superseded rank
Genus
Spinularia (Astrotylus) astrotylus (Plotkin & Janussen, 2007) (type by monotypy)
- Species Astrotylus astrotylus Plotkin & Janussen, 2007 accepted as Spinularia (Astrotylus) astrotylus (Plotkin & Janussen, 2007) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Plotkin, A.S.; Janussen, D. (2007). New genus and species of Polymastiidae (Demospongiae: Hadromerida) from the Antarctic deep sea. <em>Journal of the Marine Biology Association.</em> 87 (6): 1395-1401., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315407058134
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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. Astrotylus Plotkin & Janussen, 2007. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=247781 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Plotkin, A.S.; Janussen, D. (2007). New genus and species of Polymastiidae (Demospongiae: Hadromerida) from the Antarctic deep sea. <em>Journal of the Marine Biology Association.</em> 87 (6): 1395-1401., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315407058134
page(s): 1395 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 1395 [details] Available for editors
Other
additional source
Plotkin, A.S.; Janussen, D. (2008). Polymastiidae and Suberitidae (Porifera: Demospongiae: Hadromerida) of the deep Weddell Sea, Antarctic. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1866: 95-135., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1866.1.5
page(s): 100-102 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 100-102 [details] Available for editors