Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Porifera > Class Hexactinellida > Subclass Hexasterophora > Order Lyssacinosida > Family Rossellidae > Subfamily Rossellinae

Asconema Kent, 1870

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Asconema fristedti Tabachnick & Menshenina, 2007
Asconema setubalense Kent, 1870
Asconema topsenti Tabachnick & Menshenina, 2007

Literature

original description	Kent, W. Saville 1870b. On the ‘Hexactinellidae’ or Hexradiate Spiculed Silicious Sponges taken in the 'Norna' Expedition off the coast of Spain and Portugal. With Description of New Species, and Revision of the Order. Monthly Microscopical Journal 4: 241-252, pls LXIII-LXV.
basis of record	Tabachnick, K. 2002. Family Rossellidae Schulze, 1885. Pp. 1441-1505. 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, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow).
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. (2014). Asconema Kent, 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:132122