Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Parazoa > Phylum Porifera > Subphylum Cellularia > Class Demospongiae > Subclass Heteroscleromorpha > Order Tetractinellida

Astrophorina Sollas, 1887

Rank: Suborder
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Ancorinidae Schmidt, 1870
Corallistidae Sollas, 1888
Geodiidae Gray, 1867
Macandrewiidae Schrammen, 1924
Pachastrellidae Carter, 1875
Phymaraphiniidae Schrammen, 1924
Theneidae Gray, 1872
Theonellidae Lendenfeld, 1903
Thrombidae Sollas, 1888
Vulcanellidae Cárdenas, Xavier, Reveillaud, Schander & Rapp, 2011

Literature

original description	Sollas, W.J. (1887). Sponges. In: Black, A. and C. (Eds), Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th edition. 22. (Edinburgh). 412-429.
basis of record	Morrow, C.; Cárdenas, P. (2015). Proposal for a revised classification of the Demospongiae (Porifera). Frontiers in Zoology. 12: 7.
taxonomy source	Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Order Astrophorida Sollas, 1888. Pp. 105-107. In: Hooper, J.N.A.; van Soest, R.W.M. (Eds.) (2002 [2004]) Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges. (2 Volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version).
taxonomy source	Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Order Astrophorida Sollas, 1888. Pp 105-107 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 Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version).

Genbank

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.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Astrophorina. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131602