Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Porifera > Class Calcarea > Subclass Calcinea > Order Clathrinida > Family Leucaltidae

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. 1872b. 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. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York).

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: pp. 85-103

additional source

Borojevic, R. 1966a. Éponges calcaires des côtes de France. II. Le genre Ascandra Haeckel emend. Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale 107 (2): 357-367.

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Citation

van Soest, R. (2014). Ascandra Haeckel, 1872. In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M.; Cárdenas, P. (2014) World Porifera database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131733

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Occurrence

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Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2012-08-20 by Rob van Soest

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