Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Parazoa > Phylum Porifera > Class Calcarea > Subclass Calcinea > Order Clathrinida > Family Dendyidae

Ascandra Haeckel, 1872

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Ascandra ascandroides (Borojevic, 1971)
Ascandra biscayae (Borojevic & Boury-Esnault, 1987)
Ascandra contorta (Bowerbank, 1866)
Ascandra corallicola (Rapp, 2006)
Ascandra falcata Haeckel, 1872

Literature

original description	Haeckel, E. (1872). Die Kalkschwämme. Eine Monographie in zwei Bänden Text und einem Atlas mit 60 Tafeln Abbildungen. G. Reimer:Berlin. (1: 1-484) 2: 1-418 (3: pls 1-60).
basis of record	Borojevic, R.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Manuel, M.; Vacelet, J. (2002). Order Clathrinida Hartman, 1958. Pp. 1141-1152. 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, NY, 1708+xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version).
basis of record	Borojevic, R.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Manuel, M.; Vacelet, J. (2002 [2004]). Order Clathrinida Hartman, 1958. Pp. 1141-1152. 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, NY, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version).
additional source	Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 85-103.
additional source	Borojevic, R. (1966). Éponges calcaires des côtes de France. II. Le genre Ascandra Haeckel emend. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale. 107 (2): 357-367.
source of synonymy	Minchin, E.A. (1897). Ascandra or Homandra? A test case for the rules of Zoological nomenclature. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 524: 48-50.

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. Ascandra Haeckel, 1872. 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:131733