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Porifera taxon detailsHemiasterella affinis Carter, 1879
170588 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:170588)
accepted
Species
marine,
recent only
Carter, H.J. (1879). On <i>Holastrella</i>, a Fossil Sponge of the Carboniferous Era, and on <i>Hemiasterella</i>, a new Genus of Recent Sponges. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 3 (14): 141-150, pl. XXI., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937908682491
page(s): 147-149 [details] 
Taxonomy Uriz (2002) transferred this species to Stelletta, but Hooper (2002) maintained it in Hemiasterella admitting that it...
Taxonomy Uriz (2002) transferred this species to Stelletta, but Hooper (2002) maintained it in Hemiasterella admitting that it showed superficial ancorinid characters. [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. (2025). World Porifera Database. Hemiasterella affinis Carter, 1879. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=170588 on 2026-08-07
original description
Carter, H.J. (1879). On <i>Holastrella</i>, a Fossil Sponge of the Carboniferous Era, and on <i>Hemiasterella</i>, a new Genus of Recent Sponges. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 3 (14): 141-150, pl. XXI., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937908682491
page(s): 147-149 [details] basis of record Hooper, J.N.A. (2002). Family Hemiasterellidae Lendenfeld, 1889. pp. 186-195 <i>in</i>: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (Eds.). Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges. (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_20 [details]  basis of record Hooper, J. N. A. (2002 [2004]). Family Hemiasterellidae Lendenfeld, 1889. Pp. 186–195. <em>In: </em>Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). <em>Systema Porifera. A Guide to the Classification of Sponges.</em> (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publ., New York. 1708+XLVIII. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors  [request]additional source 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]additional source 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]
Holotype BMNH 1877.5.21.1775-76 [details]
From editor or global species database
Specimen The registration number(s) provided here are taken from the BMNH online specimen portal, but Hooper & Wiedenmayer (1994: 217) listed these same numbers as type material of Hemiasterella typus, described in the same paper by Carter. The online BMNH portal lists the holotype of H. typus as BMNH 2018.09.25.1, apparently recently provided. [details]Taxonomy Uriz (2002) transferred this species to Stelletta, but Hooper (2002) maintained it in Hemiasterella admitting that it showed superficial ancorinid characters. [details] Type locality type-locality unknown [details] |
