Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Parazoa > Phylum Porifera > Subphylum Cellularia > Class Demospongiae > Subclass Heteroscleromorpha > Order Tetractinellida > Suborder Astrophorina > Family Ancorinidae > Genus Stelletta

Stelletta rhaphidiophora Hentschel, 1929

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Dragmastra Sollas, 1888

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Stelletta*	Schmidt, 1862	accepted genus name
*Stellata*		orthographic variant
*Tethia*	Nardo, 1847	orthographic variant
*Astrella*	Sollas, 1886	synonym
*Dorypleres*	Sollas, 1888	synonym
*Dragmastra*	Sollas, 1888	synonym
*Myriastra*	Sollas, 1886	synonym
*Pilochrota*	Sollas, 1886	synonym
*Stelletta (Pilochrota)*	Sollas, 1886	synonym

Species group names

*Stelletta rhaphiophora*		orthographic variant

Literature

original description	Hentschel, E. (1929). Die Kiesel- und Hornschwämme des Nördlichen Eismeers. Pp. 857-1042, pls XII-XIV. In: Römer, F., Schaudinn, F., Brauer, A. & Arndt, W. (Eds), Fauna Arctica. Eine Zusammenstellung der arktischen Tierformen mit besonderer Berücksichtigung des Spitzbergen-Gebietes auf Grund der Ergebnisse der Deutschen Expedition in das Nördliche Eismeer im Jahre 1898. 5 (4) (G.Fischer, Jena).
basis of record	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	Cárdenas, P.; Rapp, H.T. (2015). Demosponges from the Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge shed more light on the diversity and biogeography of North Atlantic deep-sea sponges. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 95(7), 1475-1516.
additional source	Morganti, T. M.; Slaby, B. M.; De Kluijver, A.; Busch, K.; Hentschel, U.; Middelburg, J. J.; Grotheer, H.; Mollenhauer, G.; Dannheim, J.; Rapp, H. T.; Purser, A.; Boetius, A. (2022). Giant sponge grounds of Central Arctic seamounts are associated with extinct seep life. Nature Communications. 13(1).
additional source	Klitgaard A.B.; Tendal O.S. (2004). Distribution and species composition of mass occurrences of large-sized sponges in the northeast Atlantic. Progress in Oceanography. 61(1), 57-98.
additional source	Koltun, V.M. (1964). Sponges (Porifera) collected in the Greenland seas and from the region to the north of the Spitzbergen and Franz Josef Land, from expeditions of the 'F. Litke' 1955, 'Obb' 1956 and 'Lena' 1957 and 1958. Scientific results of the higher latitudes. Oceanographic Expeditions to the northern part of the Greenland Sea and the adjacent arctic basin. Publications Arctic Antarctic Scientific Institute. 259: 143-166 in Russian.

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. Stelletta rhaphidiophora Hentschel, 1929. 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:133983