WoRMS taxon details
Calthropella (Pachataxa) lithistina (Schmidt, 1880)
555805 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:555805)
accepted
Species
Dercitus lithistinus (Schmidt, 1880) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Pachastrella lithistina Schmidt, 1880 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Pachataxa lithistina (Schmidt, 1880) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Pachastrella lithistina Schmidt, 1880) Schmidt, O. (1880). Die Spongien des Meerbusen von Mexico (Und des caraibischen Meeres). Heft II. Abtheilung II. Hexactinelliden. Abtheilung III. Tetractinelliden. Monactinelliden und Anhang. Nachträge zu Abtheilung I (Lithistiden). Pp. 33-90, pls V-X. <i>In</i>: Reports on the dredging under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico, by the USCSS ‘Blake'. (Gustav Fischer:Jena).
page(s): 68 [details]
page(s): 68 [details]
Holotype (of Pachastrella lithistina Schmidt, 1880)...
Holotype (of Pachastrella lithistina Schmidt, 1880) MCZ 6384, geounit Eastern Caribbean [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. Calthropella (Pachataxa) lithistina (Schmidt, 1880). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=555805 on 2026-05-04
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(of Pachastrella lithistina Schmidt, 1880) Schmidt, O. (1880). Die Spongien des Meerbusen von Mexico (Und des caraibischen Meeres). Heft II. Abtheilung II. Hexactinelliden. Abtheilung III. Tetractinelliden. Monactinelliden und Anhang. Nachträge zu Abtheilung I (Lithistiden). Pp. 33-90, pls V-X. <i>In</i>: Reports on the dredging under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico, by the USCSS ‘Blake'. (Gustav Fischer:Jena).
page(s): 68 [details]
basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M.; Beglinger, E.J.; de Voogd, N.J. (2010). Skeletons in confusion: a review of astrophorid sponges with (dicho-)calthrops as structural megascleres (Porifera, Demospongiae, Astrophorida). <em>Zookeys.</em> 68: 1-88., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.68.729 [details]
page(s): 68 [details]
basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M.; Beglinger, E.J.; de Voogd, N.J. (2010). Skeletons in confusion: a review of astrophorid sponges with (dicho-)calthrops as structural megascleres (Porifera, Demospongiae, Astrophorida). <em>Zookeys.</em> 68: 1-88., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.68.729 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype (of Pachastrella lithistina Schmidt, 1880) MCZ 6384, geounit Eastern Caribbean [details]
