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AfReMaS taxon details
Ascandra atlantica
(Thacker, 1908)
AphiaID
732710
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:732710)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
(Kingdom)
Porifera
(Phylum)
Calcarea
(Class)
Calcinea
(Subclass)
Clathrinida
(Order)
Dendyidae
(Family)
Ascandra
(Genus)
Ascandra atlantica
(Species)
Status
accepted
Rank
Species
Parent
Ascandra
Haeckel, 1872
Original name
Leucosolenia atlantica
Thacker, 1908
Synonymised names
Clathrina atlantica
(Thacker, 1908)
·
unaccepted
Leucosolenia atlantica
Thacker, 1908
·
unaccepted
(genus transfer)
Environment
marine,
brackish
,
fresh
,
terrestrial
Original description
(of
Leucosolenia atlantica
Thacker, 1908
)
Thacker, A.G. (1908). On collections of the Cape Verde Islands fauna made by Cyril Crossland, M.A. The Calcareous sponges. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 49: 757-782.
,
available online at
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1908.tb07405.x
page(s): 760-761
[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.
Ascandra atlantica
(Thacker, 1908). Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=732710 on 2026-08-10
Regional species database citation
Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species.
Ascandra atlantica
(Thacker, 1908). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=732710 on 2026-08-10
Taxonomic edit history
Date
action
by
2013-06-24 14:36:00Z
created
Klautau, Michelle
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Sources (1)
Documented distribution (0)
Attributes (5)
Links (1)
original description
(of
Leucosolenia atlantica
Thacker, 1908
)
Thacker, A.G. (1908). On collections of the Cape Verde Islands fauna made by Cyril Crossland, M.A. The Calcareous sponges. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 49: 757-782.
,
available online at
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1908.tb07405.x
page(s): 760-761
[details]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
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(from synonym
Leucosolenia atlantica
Thacker, 1908
)
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