MSBIAS taxon details
Ancorinidae Schmidt, 1870
Sanidasterinae Sollas, 1888 · unaccepted (not available because not based...)
not available because not based on genus name
Stellettinae Carter, 1875 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Genus Ancorina Schmidt, 1862
- Genus Dercitus Gray, 1867
- Genus Stelletta Schmidt, 1862
- Genus Stryphnus Sollas, 1886
- Subfamily Sanidasterinae Sollas, 1888 accepted as Ancorinidae Schmidt, 1870 (not available because not based on genus name)
- Subfamily Stellettinae Carter, 1875 accepted as Ancorinidae Schmidt, 1870 (junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Schmidt, O. (1870). Grundzüge einer Spongien-Fauna des atlantischen Gebietes. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): iii-iv, 1-88, pls I-VI. [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. (2026). World Porifera Database. Ancorinidae Schmidt, 1870. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131662 on 2026-01-13
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Ancorinidae Schmidt, 1870. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131662 on 2026-01-13
original description
Schmidt, O. (1870). Grundzüge einer Spongien-Fauna des atlantischen Gebietes. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): iii-iv, 1-88, pls I-VI. [details] 
original description (of Sanidasterinae Sollas, 1888) 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 [details]
original description (of Stellettinae Carter, 1875) Carter, H.J. (1875). Notes introductory to the study and classification of the Spongida. Part II. Proposed classification of the Spongida. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 4 (16): 126-145. [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) [details] Available for editors
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
original description (of Sanidasterinae Sollas, 1888) 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 [details]
original description (of Stellettinae Carter, 1875) Carter, H.J. (1875). Notes introductory to the study and classification of the Spongida. Part II. Proposed classification of the Spongida. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 4 (16): 126-145. [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) [details] Available for editors
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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