Adreus micraster
creator: van Soest, Rob W.M.
date: 2026-08-30
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Adreus micraster (Burton, 1956)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: 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. Adreus micraster (Burton, 1956). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=170583 on 2026-08-30
created: 2005-07-10T20:05:41Z
modified: 2010-02-22T20:19:49Z
replaces: 194537
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Adreus micraster (Burton, 1956)
class: Demospongiae
family: Hemiasterellidae
genus: Adreus
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Burton, M. (1956). The sponges of West Africa. Atlantide Report (Scientific Results of the Danish Expedition to the Coasts of Tropical West Africa, 1945-1946, Copenhagen). 4: 111-147.
name published in year: 1956
order: Tethyida
parent name usage ID: 132032
phylum: Porifera
scientific name authorship: (Burton, 1956)
specific epithet: micraster
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted