WoRMS name details
Hemiastrella
711742 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:711742)
unaccepted (misspelling of genus name)
Genus
- Species Hemiastrella digitata Burton, 1929 accepted as Hemiasterella digitata Burton, 1929 (misspelling of genus name)
- Species Hemiastrella vasiformis (Kirkpatrick, 1903) accepted as Hemiasterella vasiformis (Kirkpatrick, 1903) (misspelling of genus name)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
(of Hemiasterella Carter, 1879) Carter, H.J. (1879). On <i>Holastrella</i>, a Fossil Sponge of the Carboniferous Era, and on <i>Hemiasterella</i>, a new Genus of Recent Sponges. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 3 (14): 141-150, pl. XXI., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937908682491
page(s): 146 [details]
page(s): 146 [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. Hemiastrella. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=711742 on 2026-04-11
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Hemiasterella Carter, 1879) Carter, H.J. (1879). On <i>Holastrella</i>, a Fossil Sponge of the Carboniferous Era, and on <i>Hemiasterella</i>, a new Genus of Recent Sponges. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 3 (14): 141-150, pl. XXI., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937908682491
page(s): 146 [details]
basis of record Burton, M. (1929). Porifera. Part II. Antarctic sponges. <em>British Antarctic ('Terra Nova') Expedition, 1910. Natural History Report, London, Zoology.</em> 6 (4): 393-458, pls I-V.
page(s): 444 [details]
page(s): 146 [details]
basis of record Burton, M. (1929). Porifera. Part II. Antarctic sponges. <em>British Antarctic ('Terra Nova') Expedition, 1910. Natural History Report, London, Zoology.</em> 6 (4): 393-458, pls I-V.
page(s): 444 [details]
Other
additional source
Burton, M. (1931). On a Collection of Marine Sponges mostly from the Natal Coast. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 6 (3): 337-358. [details]
From editor or global species database
Spelling Burton (1929, 1931) repeatedly misspelled the genus name Hemiasterella as Hemiastrella. It is an incorrect subsequent spelling and is not available. The corrected genus name of these combinations are justified emendations (ICZN art. 33.2). [details]
