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WoRMS taxon details

Hexasterophora

AphiaID

131590 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131590)

Classification

Authority

Schulze, 1886

Status

accepted

Rank

Subclass

Parent

Hexactinellida

Direct children (10)

Ordering

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Order Lychniscosida
Order Lyssacinosida
Order Sceptrulophora
Order Aulocalycoida accepted as Aulocalycidae Ijima, 1927 (not monophyletic)
Order Fieldingida accepted as Fieldingiidae Tabachnick & Janussen, 2004 (ordinal status unjustified)
Order Hexactinosa accepted as Hexactinosida accepted as Sceptrulophora (emended name & not monophyletic)
Order Hexactinosida accepted as Sceptrulophora (not monophyletic)
Order Lychniscosa accepted as Lychniscosida (nomen imperfectum)
Order Lyssacinosa accepted as Lyssacinosida (emended name)
Order Hexasterophora incertae sedis (temporary name)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Schulze, F.E. (1886). Über den Bau und das System der Hexactinelliden. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin (Physikalisch-Mathematische Classe). 1-97. [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. Hexasterophora. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131590 on 2025-04-27

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2008-09-21 18:07:31Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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Nomenclature

original description Schulze, F.E. (1886). Über den Bau und das System der Hexactinelliden. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin (Physikalisch-Mathematische Classe). 1-97. [details]

basis of record Reiswig, H.M. (2002). Class Hexactinellida Schmidt, 1870. pp 1201-1202 In Hooper, J.N.A. & van Soest, R.W.M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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basis of record Reiswig, H.M. (2002 [2004]). Class Hexactinellida Schmidt, 1870. pp 1201-1210. In: 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

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Other

context source (PeRMS) Reiswig, H.M.; Araya, J.F. (2014). A review of the Hexactinellida (Porifera) of Chile, with the first record of Caulophacus Schulze, 1885 (Lyssacinosida: Rossellidae) from the Southeastern Pacific Ocean. Zootaxa. 3889 (3): 414., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2014/f/z03889p428f.pdf [details] Available for editors

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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]

additional source Dohrmann, M.; Kelley, C.; Kelly, M.; Pisera, A.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Reiswig, H.M. (2017). An integrative systematic framework helps to reconstruct skeletal evolution of glass sponges (Porifera, Hexactinellida). Frontiers in Zoology. 14: 18., available online at https://doi.org/10.1186/s12983-017-0191-3 [details] Available for editors

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