Deep-Sea taxon details
Holascus Schulze, 1886
171910 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:171910)
accepted
Genus
Holascus stellatus Schulze, 1886 (type by original designation)
Holascella Lendenfeld, 1915 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Species Holascus ancoratus (Lendenfeld, 1915)
- Species Holascus belyaevi Koltun, 1970
- Species Holascus edwardsii Lendenfeld, 1915
- Species Holascus euonyx (Lendenfeld, 1915)
- Species Holascus fibulatus Schulze, 1886
- Species Holascus obesus Schulze, 1904
- Species Holascus pannosus Reiswig & Kelly, 2018
- Species Holascus polejaevii Schulze, 1886
- Species Holascus pseudostellatus Janussen, Tabachnick & Tendal, 2004
- Species Holascus ridleyi Schulze, 1886
- Species Holascus robustus Schulze, 1896
- Species Holascus spinosus Kersken, Janussen & Martínez Arbizu, 2019
- Species Holascus stellatus Schulze, 1886
- Species Holascus taraxacum (Lendenfeld, 1915)
- Species Holascus tasmanensis Reiswig & Kelly, 2018
- Species Holascus tener Schulze, 1896
- Species Holascus tenuis Schulze, 1904
- Species Holascus undulatus Schulze, 1899
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
masculine
Schulze, F.E. (1886). Über den Bau und das System der Hexactinelliden. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin (Physikalisch-Mathematische Classe).</em> 1-97.
page(s): 39 [details]
Schulze, F.E. (1887). Report on the Hexactinellida collected by H.M.S. ‘Challenger' during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 21 (part 53): 1-514, pl. 1-104., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-53/README.htm
page(s): 85 [details]
page(s): 39 [details]
Schulze, F.E. (1887). Report on the Hexactinellida collected by H.M.S. ‘Challenger' during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 21 (part 53): 1-514, pl. 1-104., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-53/README.htm
page(s): 85 [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. Holascus Schulze, 1886. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=171910 on 2026-09-09
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Holascus Schulze, 1886. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=171910 on 2026-09-09
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original description
Schulze, F.E. (1886). Über den Bau und das System der Hexactinelliden. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin (Physikalisch-Mathematische Classe).</em> 1-97.
page(s): 39 [details]
original description Schulze, F.E. (1887). Report on the Hexactinellida collected by H.M.S. ‘Challenger' during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 21 (part 53): 1-514, pl. 1-104., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-53/README.htm
page(s): 85 [details]
original description (of Holascella Lendenfeld, 1915) Lendenfeld, R. von. (1915). The Sponges. 3. Hexactinellida.<i> In</i>: Reports on the Scientific Results of the Expedition to the Eastern Tropical Pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer 'Albatross', from October, 1904, to March, 1905, Lieut. Commander L.M. Garrett, U.S.N., Commanding, and of other expeditions of the 'Albatross', 1891-1899 (29). <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 42 (2): 1-396, pls. 1-109. [details]
basis of record Tabachnick, K.R. (2002 [2004]). Family Euplectellidae Gray, 1867. pp. 1388-1434. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Systema Porifera - A Guide to the Classification of Sponges (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY, 1708 + XLVIII. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
basis of record Tabachnick, K.R. (2002). Family Euplectellidae Gray, 1867. pp. 1388-1434. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Systema Porifera - A Guide to the Classification of Sponges (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY, 1708 + XLVIII. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_146 [details] Available for editors
additional source Marchiò, A.; Jamieson, A.J.; Stewart, H.A. (2025). Through the glass ceiling: extending the depth range of glass sponges (Porifera: Hexactinellida). <em>Marine Biology.</em> 172(6)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-025-04652-1 [details] Available for editors
additional source Schulze, F.E. (1896 (1895)). Hexactinelliden des indischen Oceanes. II. Theil. Die Hexasterophora. <em>Abhandlungen der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin.</em> 3: 1-92, pls I-VIII.
page(s): 3-4 [details]
page(s): 39 [details]
original description Schulze, F.E. (1887). Report on the Hexactinellida collected by H.M.S. ‘Challenger' during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 21 (part 53): 1-514, pl. 1-104., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-53/README.htm
page(s): 85 [details]
original description (of Holascella Lendenfeld, 1915) Lendenfeld, R. von. (1915). The Sponges. 3. Hexactinellida.<i> In</i>: Reports on the Scientific Results of the Expedition to the Eastern Tropical Pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer 'Albatross', from October, 1904, to March, 1905, Lieut. Commander L.M. Garrett, U.S.N., Commanding, and of other expeditions of the 'Albatross', 1891-1899 (29). <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 42 (2): 1-396, pls. 1-109. [details]
basis of record Tabachnick, K.R. (2002 [2004]). Family Euplectellidae Gray, 1867. pp. 1388-1434. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Systema Porifera - A Guide to the Classification of Sponges (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY, 1708 + XLVIII. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
basis of record Tabachnick, K.R. (2002). Family Euplectellidae Gray, 1867. pp. 1388-1434. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Systema Porifera - A Guide to the Classification of Sponges (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY, 1708 + XLVIII. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_146 [details] Available for editors
additional source Marchiò, A.; Jamieson, A.J.; Stewart, H.A. (2025). Through the glass ceiling: extending the depth range of glass sponges (Porifera: Hexactinellida). <em>Marine Biology.</em> 172(6)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-025-04652-1 [details] Available for editors
additional source Schulze, F.E. (1896 (1895)). Hexactinelliden des indischen Oceanes. II. Theil. Die Hexasterophora. <em>Abhandlungen der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin.</em> 3: 1-92, pls I-VIII.
page(s): 3-4 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
