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

Ascandra falcata Haeckel, 1872

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ascandra*	Haeckel, 1872	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	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).
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).
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.
redescription	Klautau, M; Azevedo, F; Condor-Lujan, 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

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Taxonomy

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External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications)
GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Klautau, M.; van Soest, R. (2014). Ascandra falcata 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:132288