MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Quasillina Norman, 1869

Porifera taxon details

Quasillina Norman, 1869

AphiaID

132047 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132047)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Euplectella brevis Bowerbank, 1861 accepted as Quasillina brevis (Bowerbank, 1861) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Polymastiidae Gray, 1867

Original name

Quasillina Norman, 1869

Synonymised names

Bursalina Schmidt, 1875 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

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Species Quasillina brevis (Bowerbank, 1861)
Species Quasillina intermedia Boury-Esnault, Pansini & Uriz, 1994
Species Quasillina richardi Topsent, 1913
Species Quasillina translucida Desqueyroux-Faúndez & van Soest, 1997
Species Quasillina quiza de Laubenfels, 1954 accepted as Terpios quiza (de Laubenfels, 1954) (genus transfer)
Species Quasillina ricardi accepted as Quasillina richardi Topsent, 1913 (misspelling of species name)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Norman, A.M. (1869). Last report on dredging among the Shetland Isles. Part 2. On the Crustacea, Tunicata, Polyzoa, Echinodermata, Actinozoa, Hydrozoa, and Porifera. In: Report of the thirty-eighth meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science; held in Norwich in August 1868. London 1869. pp. 247–336, (Amphipoda, pp. 273–288) (Porifera, pp. 327-335)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29387922
page(s): 329 [details]

Taxonomic citation

de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Quasillina Norman, 1869. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=132047 on 2025-05-31

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2010-07-02 11:01:14Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2020-12-16 10:32:25Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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original description Norman, A.M. (1869). Last report on dredging among the Shetland Isles. Part 2. On the Crustacea, Tunicata, Polyzoa, Echinodermata, Actinozoa, Hydrozoa, and Porifera. In: Report of the thirty-eighth meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science; held in Norwich in August 1868. London 1869. pp. 247–336, (Amphipoda, pp. 273–288) (Porifera, pp. 327-335)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29387922
page(s): 329 [details]

original description (of Bursalina Schmidt, 1875) Schmidt, O. (1875). Spongien. Die Expedition zur physikalisch-chemischen und biologischen Untersuchung der Nordsee im Sommer 1872. Jahresbericht der Commission zur Wissenschaftlichen Untersuchung der Deutschen Meere in Kiel. 2-3: 115-120, pl. I., available online at https://archive.org/details/wissenschaftlich2318komm [details]

basis of record Boury-Esnault, N. (2002 [2004]). Family Polymastiidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 201-219. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5. [details] Available for editors

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basis of record Ridley, S.O.; Dendy, A. (1887). Report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. 'Challenger' during the years 1873-76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 20 (part 59): i-lxviii, 1-275, pl. 1-51, 1 map., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-59/README.htm
page(s): 225-226 [details]

basis of record Boury-Esnault, N. (2002). Family Polymastiidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 201-219. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details]

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: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]

basis of record (of Bursalina Schmidt, 1875) Boury-Esnault, N. (2002). Family Polymastiidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 201-219. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details]

basis of record (of Bursalina Schmidt, 1875) Boury-Esnault, N. (2002 [2004]). Family Polymastiidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 201-219. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5. [details] Available for editors

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