Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae > Order Astrophorida > Family Vulcanellidae > Genus Poecillastra

Poecillastra saxicola (Topsent, 1892)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Poecillastra*	Sollas, 1888	accepted genus name
*Normania*	Bowerbank, 1869	synonym

Species group names

*Characella saxicola*	Topsent, 1892	basionym
*Characella saxicola*	Topsent, 1892	synonym

Literature

original description	Topsent, E. 1892b. Diagnoses d’éponges nouvelles de la Méditerranée et plus particulièrement de Banyuls. Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale (2) 10 (Notes et Revue 6) xvii-xxviii.
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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External Links

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Citation

van Soest, R. (2014). Poecillastra saxicola. 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:134090