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Porifera taxon details

Characella aspera Sollas, 1886

183624  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:183624)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Porifera (Phylum)
  4. Demospongiae (Class)
  5. Heteroscleromorpha (Subclass)
  6. Tetractinellida (Order)
  7. Astrophorina (Suborder)
  8. Pachastrellidae (Family)
  9. Characella (Genus)
  10. Characella aspera (Species)
accepted
Species
Normania goliath Sollas, 1886 · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Poecillastra aspera (Sollas, 1886) · unaccepted (reverted genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Sollas, W.J. (1886). Preliminary account of the Tetractinellid sponges Dredged by H.M.S. ‘Challenger' 1872-76. Part I. The Choristida. Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society (new series). 5: 177-199.
page(s): 187 [details] OpenAccess publication
Holotype  BMNH 1894.11.16.149-150, geounit Northeastern...  
Holotype BMNH 1894.11.16.149-150, geounit Northeastern Brazil [details]
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. Characella aspera Sollas, 1886. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=183624 on 2025-05-28
Date
action
by
2005-12-05 19:30:18Z
created
van Soest, Rob W.M.
2008-08-07 18:10:12Z
changed
van Soest, Rob W.M.

original description Sollas, W.J. (1886). Preliminary account of the Tetractinellid sponges Dredged by H.M.S. ‘Challenger' 1872-76. Part I. The Choristida. Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society (new series). 5: 177-199.
page(s): 187 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Normania goliath Sollas, 1886) Sollas, W.J. (1886). Preliminary account of the Tetractinellid sponges Dredged by H.M.S. ‘Challenger' 1872-76. Part I. The Choristida. Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society (new series). 5: 177-199.
page(s): 186 [details] OpenAccess publication

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] 

basis of record Maldonado, M. (2002). Family Pachastrellidae Carter, 1875. Pp.141-162. 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 Publ., New York. 1708+xvliii, ISBN 0-306-47260-0. [details] Full text PDF

basis of record Maldonado, M. (2002[2004]). Family Pachastrellidae Carter, 1875. Pp.141-162. 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 Publ., New York. 1708+xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record 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): 1-458, pl. 1-44, 1 map., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-63/htm/doc.html
page(s): 92 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Muricy, G.; Lopes, D.A.; Hajdu, E; Carvalho, M.S.; Moraes, F.C.; Klautau, M.; Menegola, C.; Pinheiro, U. (2011). Catalogue of Brazilian Porifera. Museu Nacional, Série Livros. 300 pp.
page(s): 50 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Van Soest, R.W.M.; Meesters, E.H.; Becking, L.E. (2014). Deep-water sponges (Porifera) from Bonaire and Klein Curaçao, Southern Caribbean. Zootaxa. 3878(5): 401-443., available online at http://mapress.com/zootaxa/2014/f/zt03878p443.pdf
page(s): 436 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

source of synonymy 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): 1-458, pl. 1-44, 1 map., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-63/htm/doc.html
page(s): 92-93 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record (of Normania goliath Sollas, 1886) Maldonado, M. (2002). Family Pachastrellidae Carter, 1875. Pp.141-162. 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 Publ., New York. 1708+xvliii, ISBN 0-306-47260-0. [details] Full text PDF

basis of record (of Normania goliath Sollas, 1886) Maldonado, M. (2002[2004]). Family Pachastrellidae Carter, 1875. Pp.141-162. 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 Publ., New York. 1708+xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Poecillastra aspera (Sollas, 1886)) Muricy, G.; Lopes, D.A.; Hajdu, E; Carvalho, M.S.; Moraes, F.C.; Klautau, M.; Menegola, C.; Pinheiro, U. (2011). Catalogue of Brazilian Porifera. Museu Nacional, Série Livros. 300 pp.
page(s): 50 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

source of synonymy (of Normania goliath Sollas, 1886) 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): 1-458, pl. 1-44, 1 map., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-63/htm/doc.html [details] OpenAccess publication

new combination reference (of Poecillastra aspera (Sollas, 1886)) Van Soest, R.W.M.; Stentoft, N. (1988). Barbados Deep-Water Sponges. In: Hummelinck, P.W. & Van der Steen, L.J. (Eds), Uitgaven van de Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen. No. 122. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao andother Caribbean Islands. 70(215): 1-175.
page(s): 38-40; fig 17 [details] OpenAccess publication
 
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Countries
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  • Type locality
  • type locality contained in Northeastern Brazil [details]
  • From editor or global species database
  • Brazil
  • Eastern Caribbean
  • Northeastern Brazil
  • Southern Caribbean
Holotype BMNH 1894.11.16.149-150, geounit Northeastern Brazil [details]
From editor or global species database
Holotype There should be two dry fragments according to Sollas' description. Maldonado (2002) only reports slides. [details]

Specimen BMNH 4.Id.2 slides 1894 [details]
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