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Stelletta Schmidt, 1862

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Stellata*	Auct.	orthographic variant
*Astrella*	Sollas, 1886	synonym
*Dorypleres*	Sollas, 1888	synonym
*Dragmastra*	Sollas, 1888	synonym
*Pilochrota*	Sollas, 1886	synonym
*Stellata*	Auct.	synonym
*Stelletta (Pilochrota)*	Sollas, 1886	synonym

Children

Stelletta addita (Topsent, 1938)
Stelletta boglicii Schmidt, 1862
Stelletta defensa Pulitzer-Finali, 1983
Stelletta dendyi (Sollas, 1888)
Stelletta dichoclada Pulitzer-Finali, 1983
Stelletta dorsigera Schmidt, 1864
Stelletta grubii Schmidt, 1862
Stelletta hispida (Buccich, 1886)
Stelletta inermis (Topsent, 1904)
Stelletta lactea Carter, 1871
Stelletta mediterranea (Topsent, 1893)
Stelletta normani Sollas, 1880
Stelletta pumex (Nardo, 1847)
Stelletta rhaphidiophora Hentschel, 1929
Stelletta simplicissima (Schmidt, 1868)
Stelletta stellata Topsent, 1893
Stelletta tuberosa (Topsent, 1892)
Stelletta ventricosa (Topsent, 1904)

Literature

original description	Schmidt, O. 1862. Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7.
basis of record	Uriz, M.J. (2002). Family Ancorinidae Schmidt, 1870, in: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (Ed.) (2002). Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges. pp. 108-126
additional source	Kelly, M.; Edwards, A.R.; Wilkinson, M.R.; Alvarez, B.; Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R.; Buckeridge, St J.; Campbell, H.J.; Reiswig, H.M.; Valentine, C.; Vacelet, J. (2009). Phylum Porifera: sponges, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 23-46.
additional source	Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp.
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

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Citation

van Soest, R.; Boury-Esnault, N. (2014). Stelletta Schmidt, 1862. 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:131994