Pachastrellidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Astrophorina
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Parazoa Phylum: Porifera Classis: Demospongiae Subclassis: Heteroscleromorpha Ordo: Tetractinellida Subordo: Astrophorina

Familia: Pachastrellidae
Genera: Acanthotriaena – Ancorella – Brachiaster – Characella – Dercitus – Nethea – Lamellomorpha – Pachastrella – Poecillastra – Triptolemma

Name

Pachastrellidae Carter, 1875

References

Primary references

• Cárdenas, P. & Rapp, H.T. 2012. A review of Norwegian streptaster-bearing Astrophorida (Porifera: Demospongiae: Tetractinellida), new records and a new species. Zootaxa 3253: 1–53. Preview PDF
• Carter, H.J. 1875. Notes Introductory to the Study and Classification of the Spongida. Part II. Proposed Classification of the Spongida. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4) 16(92): 126–145, 177–200.
• Van Soest, R.W.M., Beglinger, E.J. & De Voogd, N.J. 2010. Skeletons in confusion: a review of astrophorid sponges with (dicho–)calthrops as structural megascleres (Porifera, Demospongiae, Astrophorida). ZooKeys 68: 1–88. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.68.729

Links

• Pachastrellidae in the World Register of Marine Species