Deep-Sea taxon details
Characella Sollas, 1886
132012 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132012)
accepted
Genus
Characella aspera Sollas, 1886 (type by original designation)
Yodomia Lebwohl, 1914 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Species Characella abbreviata Wilson, 1925
- Species Characella aspera Sollas, 1886
- Species Characella connectens (Schmidt, 1870)
- Species Characella flexibilis Lévi, 1993
- Species Characella ijimai (Lebwohl, 1914)
- Species Characella pachastrelloides (Carter, 1876)
- Species Characella tripodaria (Schmidt, 1868)
- Species Characella sollasi Topsent, 1890 accepted as Characella pachastrelloides (Carter, 1876) (junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Sollas, W.J. (1886). Preliminary account of the Tetractinellid sponges Dredged by H.M.S. ‘Challenger' 1872-76. Part I. The Choristida. <em>Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society (new series).</em> 5: 177-199. [details] 
Taxonomy Erected for type species Characella aspera by original designation.
Taxonomy Characella is clearly an Astrophorid species. For the time being, we allocated it to Pachastrellidae even if its...
Taxonomy Erected for type species Characella aspera by original designation. [details]
Taxonomy Characella is clearly an Astrophorid species. For the time being, we allocated it to Pachastrellidae even if its...
Taxonomy Characella is clearly an Astrophorid species. For the time being, we allocated it to Pachastrellidae even if its relationships with the other genera of the family are not clearly established (Cardenas & Rapp, 2012). [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 Sollas, 1886. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=132012 on 2025-07-09
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Characella Sollas, 1886. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=132012 on 2025-07-09
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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original description
Sollas, W.J. (1886). Preliminary account of the Tetractinellid sponges Dredged by H.M.S. ‘Challenger' 1872-76. Part I. The Choristida. <em>Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society (new series).</em> 5: 177-199. [details]
original description (of Yodomia Lebwohl, 1914) Lebwohl, F. (1914). Japanische Tetraxonida, I. <i>Sigmatophora</i> und II.<i>Astrophora metastrosa</i>. <em>Journal of the College of Sciences.</em> Imperial University of Tokyo 35(2): 1-116, pls I-IX.
page(s): 63-64 [details]
basis of record Maldonado, M. (2002). Family Pachastrellidae Carter, 1875. Pp.141-162. <i>In</i>: 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] Available for editors
basis of record Maldonado, M. (2002[2004]). Family Pachastrellidae Carter, 1875. Pp.141-162. <em>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.</em> 1708+xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
additional source Kelly, M.; Edwards, A.R.; Wilkinson, M.R.; Alvarez, B.; Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R.; Buckeridge, St J.; Campbell, H.J.; Reiswig, H.M.; Valentine, C.; Vacelet, J. (2009). Phylum Porifera: sponges. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 23-46. [details] Available for editors
original description (of Yodomia Lebwohl, 1914) Lebwohl, F. (1914). Japanische Tetraxonida, I. <i>Sigmatophora</i> und II.<i>Astrophora metastrosa</i>. <em>Journal of the College of Sciences.</em> Imperial University of Tokyo 35(2): 1-116, pls I-IX.
page(s): 63-64 [details]
basis of record Maldonado, M. (2002). Family Pachastrellidae Carter, 1875. Pp.141-162. <i>In</i>: 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] Available for editors
basis of record Maldonado, M. (2002[2004]). Family Pachastrellidae Carter, 1875. Pp.141-162. <em>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.</em> 1708+xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
additional source Kelly, M.; Edwards, A.R.; Wilkinson, M.R.; Alvarez, B.; Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R.; Buckeridge, St J.; Campbell, H.J.; Reiswig, H.M.; Valentine, C.; Vacelet, J. (2009). Phylum Porifera: sponges. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 23-46. [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Erected for type species Characella aspera by original designation. [details]Taxonomy Characella is clearly an Astrophorid species. For the time being, we allocated it to Pachastrellidae even if its relationships with the other genera of the family are not clearly established (Cardenas & Rapp, 2012). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ヨドミカイメン属 | [details] |
