Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae > Order Halichondrida > Family Dictyonellidae > Genus Acanthella

Acanthella mastophora (Schmidt, 1870)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

AcanthellaSchmidt, 1862accepted genus name

Species group names

Axinella mastophora Schmidt, 1870 basionym
Axinella mastophora Schmidt, 1870 synonym

Literature

original description

Schmidt, O. 1870. Grundzüge einer Spongien-Fauna des atlantischen Gebietes. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): iii-iv, 1-88, pls I-VI.

basis of record

Alvarez, B.; Van Soest, R.W.M.; Rützler, K. 1998. A Revision of Axinellidae (Porifera: Demospongiae) in the Central West Atlantic Region. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 598: 1-47.

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

Rützler, K., R. W. M. van Soest, and C. Piantoni. 2009. Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 285–313 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

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Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection
The Sponge Guide
GBIF

Citation

van Soest, R. (2014). Acanthella mastophora (Schmidt, 1870). 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:132457

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2007-08-10 by Rob van Soest

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