Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae > Order Astrophorida > Family Pachastrellidae > Genus Characella

Characella pachastrelloides (Carter, 1876)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Characella*	Sollas, 1886	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Poecillastra pachastrelloides*	(Carter, 1876)	basionym
*Poecillastra sollasi*	(Topsent, 1890)	basionym
*Stelletta pachastrelloides*	Carter, 1876	basionym
*Characella sollasi*	Topsent, 1890	synonym
*Poecillastra pachastrelloides*	(Carter, 1876)	synonym
*Poecillastra sollasi*	(Topsent, 1890)	synonym
*Stelletta pachastrelloides*	Carter, 1876	synonym

Literature

original description	Carter, H.J. 1876. Descriptions and Figures of Deep-Sea Sponges and their Spicules, from the Atlantic Ocean, dredged up on board H.M.S.‘Porcupine’, chiefly in 1869 (concluded). Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4) 18(105): 226-240; (106): 307-324; (107): 388-410;(108): 458-479, pls XII-XVI.
basis of record	Maldonado,M.,2002. Family Pachastrellidae. Pp.141-162. In: Hooper, J.N.A., van Soest,R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publ., New York, 1708 pp.
additional source	Boury-Esnault, N.; Pansini, M.; Uriz, M.J. 1994b. Spongiaires bathyaux de la mer d’Alboran et du golfe ibéro-marocain. Mémoires du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle 160: 1-174.
additional source	Lévi, C.; Vacelet, J. 1958. Éponges récoltées dans l’Atlantique oriental par le ‘Président Théodore-Tissier’ (1955-1956). Revue des Travaux de l’Institut des Pêches maritimes 22 (2): 225-246.
additional source	Calcinai, B.; Moratti, V.; Martinelli, M.; Bavestrello, G.; Taviani, M. 2013. Uncommon sponges associated with deep coral bank and maerl habitats in the Strait of Sicily (Mediterranean Sea). Italian Journal of Zoology 2013: 1-12.

Genbank

Taxonomy

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External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
GenBank (8 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

van Soest, R. (2014). Characella pachastrelloides (Carter, 1876). 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:170240