WoRMS name details
Aurora Sollas, 1888
184608 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:184608)
unaccepted (preoccupied)
Genus
Stelletta globostellata Carter, 1883 accepted as Rhabdastrella globostellata (Carter, 1883) (type by subsequent designation)
- Species Aurora actinosa Lévi, 1964 accepted as Rhabdastrella actinosa (Lévi, 1964) (genus transfer)
- Species Aurora aurora (Hentschel, 1909) accepted as Rhabdastrella aurora (Hentschel, 1909) (genus transfer)
- Species Aurora cribriporosa Dendy, 1916 accepted as Rhabdastrella cribriporosa (Dendy, 1916) (genus transfer)
- Species Aurora globostellata (Carter, 1883) accepted as Rhabdastrella globostellata (Carter, 1883) (genus transfer)
- Species Aurora membranacea (Hentschel, 1909) accepted as Rhabdastrella membranacea (Hentschel, 1909) (genus transfer)
- Species Aurora oxytoxa Thomas, 1973 accepted as Rhabdastrella oxytoxa (Thomas, 1973) (genus transfer)
- Species Aurora primitiva Burton, 1926 accepted as Rhabdastrella primitiva (Burton, 1926) (genus transfer)
- Species Aurora providentiae Dendy, 1916 accepted as Rhabdastrella providentiae (Dendy, 1916) (genus transfer)
- Species Aurora reticulata (Carter, 1883) accepted as Rhabdastrella reticulata (Carter, 1883) (genus transfer)
- Species Aurora rowi Dendy, 1916 accepted as Rhabdastrella rowi (Dendy, 1916) (genus transfer)
- Species Aurora spinosa Lévi, 1967 accepted as Rhabdastrella spinosa (Lévi, 1967) (genus transfer)
- Species Aurora trichophora Lévi & Lévi, 1989 accepted as Rhabdastrella trichophora (Lévi & Lévi, 1989)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Sollas, W.J. (1888). Report on the Tetractinellida collected by H.M.S. Challenger, during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 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): 187 [details]
page(s): 187 [details]
Taxonomy Preoccupied by Aurora Ragonot, 1887 (Lepidoptera). Replacement name Aurorella de Laubenfels, 1957 is a junior synonym of...
Taxonomy Preoccupied by Aurora Ragonot, 1887 (Lepidoptera). Replacement name Aurorella de Laubenfels, 1957 is a junior synonym of Rhabdastrella Thiele, 1903. [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.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2026). World Porifera Database. Aurora Sollas, 1888. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=184608 on 2026-08-03
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Nomenclature
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Sollas, W.J. (1888). Report on the Tetractinellida collected by H.M.S. Challenger, during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 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): 187 [details]
basis of record Uriz, M.J. (2002). Family Ancorinidae Schmidt, 1870. Pp. 108-126. <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+xvliii, ISBN 0-306-47260-0. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_12 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Uriz, M.J. (2002[2004]). Family Ancorinidae Schmidt, 1870. Pp. 108-126. <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 [request]
page(s): 187 [details]
basis of record Uriz, M.J. (2002). Family Ancorinidae Schmidt, 1870. Pp. 108-126. <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+xvliii, ISBN 0-306-47260-0. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_12 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Uriz, M.J. (2002[2004]). Family Ancorinidae Schmidt, 1870. Pp. 108-126. <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
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source of synonymy
Dendy, A. (1916). Report on the Homosclerophora and Astrotetraxonida collected by H.M.S. ‘Sealark' in the Indian Ocean. <i>In</i>: Reports of the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905, Vol. 6. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 17 (2): 225-271,pls 44-48., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1916.tb00596.x [details]
status source Kennedy, J.A. (2000). Resolving the '<i>Jaspis stellifera</i>' complex. <em>Memoirs of the Queensland Museum.</em> 45(2): 453-476. [details]
status source Kennedy, J.A. (2000). Resolving the '<i>Jaspis stellifera</i>' complex. <em>Memoirs of the Queensland Museum.</em> 45(2): 453-476. [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Preoccupied by Aurora Ragonot, 1887 (Lepidoptera). Replacement name Aurorella de Laubenfels, 1957 is a junior synonym of Rhabdastrella Thiele, 1903. [details]
