Hemiasterella

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Hemiasterellidae
Genus: Hemiasterella
Species (15): H. affinis – H. ajax – H. aristoteliana – H. bouilloni – H. callocyathus – H. complicata – H. digitata – H. elongata – H. intermedia – H. magna – H. strongylophora – H. topsenti – H. typus – H. vasiformis – H. verae

Name

Hemiasterella Carter, 1879: 146

• Type species: Hemiasterella typus Carter, 1879, by subsequent designation.

Synonyms

• Epallax Sollas, 1888: 423
  • Type species: Epallax callocyathus Sollas, 1888, by monotypy.
• Kalastrella Kirkpatrick, 1903: 238
  • Type species: Kalastrella vasiformis Kirkpatrick, 1903, by monotypy.
• Tylaspis Lévi & Lévi, 1983: 940 [preoccupied by Tylaspis Henderson, 1885]
  • Type species: Tylaspis topsenti Lévi & Lévi, 1983, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Carter, H.J. 1879. On Holastrella, a Fossil Sponge of the Carboniferous Era, and on Hemiasterella, a new Genus of Recent Sponges. Annals and Magazine of Natural History Series 5, 3(14): 141–150, pl. XXI. BHL
• Sollas, W.J. 1888. Report on the Tetractinellida collected by H.M.S. Challenger, during the years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 25(part 63): I–CLXVIII + 1–458, pl. 1–44. BHL Reference page. 
• Kirkpatrick, R. 1903. Descriptions of South African Sponges. Part III. Marine Investigations in South Africa 2(14): 233–264, pls V–VI. BHL
• Lévi, C. & Lévi, P. 1983. Démosponges bathyales récoltées par le N/O‘Vauban' au sud de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 4ème série - Section A - Zoologie 5(4): 931–997.

Additional references

• Idan, T., Shefer, S., Feldstein, T. & Ilan, M. 2021. New discoveries in Eastern Mediterranean mesophotic sponge grounds: updated checklist and description of three novel sponge species. Mediterranean Marine Science 22(2): 270–284. DOI: 10.12681/mms.25837 Reference page. 

Links

• Hemiasterella in the World Register of Marine Species