Porifera name details
Astrophorida
847773 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:847773)
Sollas, 1887
unaccepted (status change and disused)
Order
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Sollas, W.J. (1887). Sponges. <em>In: Black, A. and C. (Eds), Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th edition. 22. (Edinburgh).</em> 412-429.
note: The name created by Sollas (1887) is 'Asterophora'. [details]
Sollas, W.J. (1888). Report on the Tetractinellida collected by H.M.S. Challenger, during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 25 (part 63): 1-458, pl. 1-44, 1 map., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-63/htm/doc.html
page(s): 59; note: Here, Sollas gives a definition of the suborder Astrophora: "Choristida in which one of the microscleres is some form of aster." [details]
note: The name created by Sollas (1887) is 'Asterophora'. [details]
Sollas, W.J. (1888). Report on the Tetractinellida collected by H.M.S. Challenger, during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 25 (part 63): 1-458, pl. 1-44, 1 map., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-63/htm/doc.html
page(s): 59; note: Here, Sollas gives a definition of the suborder Astrophora: "Choristida in which one of the microscleres is some form of aster." [details]
Status Since Morrow & Cárdenas' (2015) revision of the higher taxa of the Demospongiae, Astrophorida sensu Lévi, 1973 (and sensu...
Status Since Morrow & Cárdenas' (2015) revision of the higher taxa of the Demospongiae, Astrophorida sensu Lévi, 1973 (and sensu Hooper & Van Soest, 2002) is recognized as a suborder of the order Tetractinellida, Astrophorina (q.v.), with the same content as previously, but with desma-bearing families added. [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. Astrophorida. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=847773 on 2025-05-02
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Sollas, W.J. (1887). Sponges. <em>In: Black, A. and C. (Eds), Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th edition. 22. (Edinburgh).</em> 412-429.
note: The name created by Sollas (1887) is 'Asterophora'. [details]
original description Sollas, W.J. (1888). Report on the Tetractinellida collected by H.M.S. Challenger, during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 25 (part 63): 1-458, pl. 1-44, 1 map., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-63/htm/doc.html
page(s): 59; note: Here, Sollas gives a definition of the suborder Astrophora: "Choristida in which one of the microscleres is some form of aster." [details]
basis of record Lévi, C. (1973). Systématique de la classe des Demospongiaria (Démosponges). Pp. 577-631. <i>In</i>: Grassé, P.-P. (Ed.), Traité de Zoologie. Anatomie, Systématique, Biologie. Spongiaires. 3(1). Masson et Cie: Paris: 1-716.
page(s): 595 [details] Available for editors
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note: The name created by Sollas (1887) is 'Asterophora'. [details]
original description Sollas, W.J. (1888). Report on the Tetractinellida collected by H.M.S. Challenger, during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 25 (part 63): 1-458, pl. 1-44, 1 map., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-63/htm/doc.html
page(s): 59; note: Here, Sollas gives a definition of the suborder Astrophora: "Choristida in which one of the microscleres is some form of aster." [details]
basis of record Lévi, C. (1973). Systématique de la classe des Demospongiaria (Démosponges). Pp. 577-631. <i>In</i>: Grassé, P.-P. (Ed.), Traité de Zoologie. Anatomie, Systématique, Biologie. Spongiaires. 3(1). Masson et Cie: Paris: 1-716.
page(s): 595 [details] Available for editors
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Status Since Morrow & Cárdenas' (2015) revision of the higher taxa of the Demospongiae, Astrophorida sensu Lévi, 1973 (and sensu Hooper & Van Soest, 2002) is recognized as a suborder of the order Tetractinellida, Astrophorina (q.v.), with the same content as previously, but with desma-bearing families added. [details]
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| Japanese | 有星海綿目 | [details] |
