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

Ascandra contorta (Bowerbank, 1866)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

AscandraHaeckel, 1872accepted genus name

Species group names

Clathrina contorta (Bowerbank, 1866) basionym
Leucosolenia contorta Bowerbank, 1866 basionym
Clathrina contorta (Bowerbank, 1866) synonym
Leucosolenia contorta Bowerbank, 1866 synonym

Literature

original description

Bowerbank, J.S. 1866a. A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 2. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-388.

new combination reference

Klautau, M; Azevedo, F; Cóndor-Luján, B; Rapp, HT; Collins, A; Russo, CAM. 2013. A Molecular Phylogeny for the Order Clathrinida Rekindles and Refines Haeckel's Taxonomic Proposal for Calcareous Sponges. Integrative and Comparative Biology; doi: 10.1093/icb/ict039

new combination reference

Haeckel, E. 1870d. Prodromus eines Systems der Kalkschwämme. Jenaische Zeitschrift für Medicin und Naturwissenschaft 5: 236-254 (also appeared in English as: Haeckel, E. 1870. Prodromus of a system of the Calcareous sponges. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4) 5: 176-191).

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Taxonomy

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External Links

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Citation

Klautau, M.; van Soest, R.; de Haas, H. (2014). Ascandra contorta (Bowerbank, 1866). 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:236225

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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

2013-07-17 by Michelle Klautau

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