Porifera taxon details
Characella Sollas, 1886
132012 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132012)
accepted
Genus
Characella aspera Sollas, 1886 (type by original designation)
Neothenea de Laubenfels, 1934 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Yodomia Lebwohl, 1914 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Species Characella abbreviata Wilson, 1925
- Species Characella agassizi Sollas, 1888
- Species Characella aspera Sollas, 1886
- Species Characella capitolii Mothes, Maldonado, Eckert, Lerner, Campos & Carraro, 2007
- Species Characella connectens (Schmidt, 1870)
- Species Characella enae (de Laubenfels, 1934)
- Species Characella flexibilis Lévi, 1993
- Species Characella ijimai (Lebwohl, 1914)
- Species Characella laevis Lebwohl, 1914
- Species Characella luna Dias, Santos & Pinheiro, 2019
- Species Characella pachastrelloides (Carter, 1876)
- Species Characella poecillastroides Van Soest, Meesters & Becking, 2014
- Species Characella reticulata Lebwohl, 1914
- Species Characella stellettodes (Carter, 1885)
- Species Characella tripodaria (Schmidt, 1868)
- Species Characella saxicola Topsent, 1892 accepted as Poecillastra saxicola (Topsent, 1892) (genus transfer)
- Species Characella sollasi Topsent, 1890 accepted as Characella pachastrelloides (Carter, 1876) (junior synonym)
- Species Characella tuberosa Lévi, 1964 accepted as Poecillastra tuberosa (Lévi, 1964) (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Sollas, W.J. (1886). Preliminary account of the Tetractinellid sponges Dredged by H.M.S. ‘Challenger' 1872-76. Part I. The Choristida. <em>Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society (new series).</em> 5: 177-199. [details] 
Taxonomy Erected for type species Characella aspera by original designation.
Taxonomy Characella is clearly an Astrophorid species. For the time being, we allocated it to Pachastrellidae even if its...
Taxonomy Erected for type species Characella aspera by original designation. [details]
Taxonomy Characella is clearly an Astrophorid species. For the time being, we allocated it to Pachastrellidae even if its...
Taxonomy Characella is clearly an Astrophorid species. For the time being, we allocated it to Pachastrellidae even if its relationships with the other genera of the family are not clearly established (Cardenas & Rapp, 2012). [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. Characella Sollas, 1886. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php/www.aqua-aquapress.com/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=132012 on 2025-05-10
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original description
Sollas, W.J. (1886). Preliminary account of the Tetractinellid sponges Dredged by H.M.S. ‘Challenger' 1872-76. Part I. The Choristida. <em>Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society (new series).</em> 5: 177-199. [details]
original description (of Yodomia Lebwohl, 1914) Lebwohl, F. (1914). Japanische Tetraxonida, I. <i>Sigmatophora</i> und II.<i>Astrophora metastrosa</i>. <em>Journal of the College of Sciences.</em> Imperial University of Tokyo 35(2): 1-116, pls I-IX.
page(s): 63-64 [details]
original description (of Neothenea de Laubenfels, 1934) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1934). New sponges from the Puerto Rican deep. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> 91(17): 1-28.
page(s): 5 [details]
basis of record Maldonado, M. (2002[2004]). Family Pachastrellidae Carter, 1875. Pp.141-162. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A., van Soest,R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A Guide to the Classification of Sponges (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publ., New York.</em> 1708+xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Maldonado, M. (2002). Family Pachastrellidae Carter, 1875. Pp.141-162. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A., van Soest,R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A Guide to the Classification of Sponges (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publ., New York. 1708+xvliii, ISBN 0-306-47260-0. [details]
additional source Kelly, M.; Edwards, A.R.; Wilkinson, M.R.; Alvarez, B.; Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R.; Buckeridge, St J.; Campbell, H.J.; Reiswig, H.M.; Valentine, C.; Vacelet, J. (2009). Phylum Porifera: sponges. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 23-46. [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record (of Yodomia Lebwohl, 1914) Maldonado, M. (2002). Family Pachastrellidae Carter, 1875. Pp.141-162. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A., van Soest,R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A Guide to the Classification of Sponges (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publ., New York. 1708+xvliii, ISBN 0-306-47260-0. [details]
basis of record (of Yodomia Lebwohl, 1914) Maldonado, M. (2002[2004]). Family Pachastrellidae Carter, 1875. Pp.141-162. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A., van Soest,R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A Guide to the Classification of Sponges (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publ., New York.</em> 1708+xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record (of Neothenea de Laubenfels, 1934) Maldonado, M. (2002). Family Pachastrellidae Carter, 1875. Pp.141-162. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A., van Soest,R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A Guide to the Classification of Sponges (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publ., New York. 1708+xvliii, ISBN 0-306-47260-0. [details]
basis of record (of Neothenea de Laubenfels, 1934) Maldonado, M. (2002[2004]). Family Pachastrellidae Carter, 1875. Pp.141-162. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A., van Soest,R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A Guide to the Classification of Sponges (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publ., New York.</em> 1708+xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source (of Neothenea de Laubenfels, 1934) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1936). A Discussion of the Sponge Fauna of the Dry Tortugas in Particular and the West Indies in General, with Material for a Revision of the Families and Orders of the Porifera. <em>Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication.</em> 467 (Tortugas Laboratory Paper 30) 1-225, pls 1-22.
page(s): 167 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Yodomia Lebwohl, 1914) Lebwohl, F. (1914). Japanische Tetraxonida, I. <i>Sigmatophora</i> und II.<i>Astrophora metastrosa</i>. <em>Journal of the College of Sciences.</em> Imperial University of Tokyo 35(2): 1-116, pls I-IX.
page(s): 63-64 [details]
original description (of Neothenea de Laubenfels, 1934) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1934). New sponges from the Puerto Rican deep. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> 91(17): 1-28.
page(s): 5 [details]
basis of record Maldonado, M. (2002[2004]). Family Pachastrellidae Carter, 1875. Pp.141-162. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A., van Soest,R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A Guide to the Classification of Sponges (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publ., New York.</em> 1708+xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Maldonado, M. (2002). Family Pachastrellidae Carter, 1875. Pp.141-162. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A., van Soest,R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A Guide to the Classification of Sponges (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publ., New York. 1708+xvliii, ISBN 0-306-47260-0. [details]
additional source Kelly, M.; Edwards, A.R.; Wilkinson, M.R.; Alvarez, B.; Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R.; Buckeridge, St J.; Campbell, H.J.; Reiswig, H.M.; Valentine, C.; Vacelet, J. (2009). Phylum Porifera: sponges. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 23-46. [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record (of Yodomia Lebwohl, 1914) Maldonado, M. (2002). Family Pachastrellidae Carter, 1875. Pp.141-162. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A., van Soest,R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A Guide to the Classification of Sponges (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publ., New York. 1708+xvliii, ISBN 0-306-47260-0. [details]
basis of record (of Yodomia Lebwohl, 1914) Maldonado, M. (2002[2004]). Family Pachastrellidae Carter, 1875. Pp.141-162. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A., van Soest,R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A Guide to the Classification of Sponges (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publ., New York.</em> 1708+xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record (of Neothenea de Laubenfels, 1934) Maldonado, M. (2002). Family Pachastrellidae Carter, 1875. Pp.141-162. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A., van Soest,R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A Guide to the Classification of Sponges (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publ., New York. 1708+xvliii, ISBN 0-306-47260-0. [details]
basis of record (of Neothenea de Laubenfels, 1934) Maldonado, M. (2002[2004]). Family Pachastrellidae Carter, 1875. Pp.141-162. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A., van Soest,R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A Guide to the Classification of Sponges (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publ., New York.</em> 1708+xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source (of Neothenea de Laubenfels, 1934) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1936). A Discussion of the Sponge Fauna of the Dry Tortugas in Particular and the West Indies in General, with Material for a Revision of the Families and Orders of the Porifera. <em>Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication.</em> 467 (Tortugas Laboratory Paper 30) 1-225, pls 1-22.
page(s): 167 [details] Available for editors
[request]
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Taxonomy Erected for type species Characella aspera by original designation. [details]Taxonomy Characella is clearly an Astrophorid species. For the time being, we allocated it to Pachastrellidae even if its relationships with the other genera of the family are not clearly established (Cardenas & Rapp, 2012). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ヨドミカイメン属 | [details] |
