WoRMS taxon details
original description
(of Ancorina fibrosa Schmidt, 1870) Schmidt, O. (1870). Grundzüge einer Spongien-Fauna des atlantischen Gebietes. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): iii-iv, 1-88, pls I-VI. page(s): 67 [details]
original description
(of Stelletta variastra Pulitzer-Finali, 1986) Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1986). A collection of West Indian Demospongiae (Porifera). In appendix, a list of the Demospongiae hitherto recorded from the West Indies. <em>Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria.</em> 86: 65-216. page(s): 70-72; fig 4-5 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1986). A collection of West Indian Demospongiae (Porifera). In appendix, a list of the Demospongiae hitherto recorded from the West Indies. <em>Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria.</em> 86: 65-216. page(s): 69-70; fig 3 [details] Available for editors [request]
source of synonymy
Cárdenas, P.; Xavier, J.R.; Reveillaud, J.; Schander, C.; Rapp, H.T. (2011). Molecular Phylogeny of the Astrophorida (Porifera, Demospongiaep) Reveals an Unexpected High Level of Spicule Homoplasy. <em>PLoS ONE.</em> 6 (4), e18318., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0018318 [details]
redescription
Cárdenas, P.; Menegola, C.; Rapp, H.T.; Díaz, M.C. (2009). Morphological description and DNA barcodes of shallow-water <i>Tetractinellida</i> (Porifera: Demospongiae) from Bocas del Toro, Panama, with description of a new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2276: 1–39. page(s): 16-20; fig 8-9 [details]
Lectotype MCZ PORa-8020, geounit Floridian [details]
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Taxonomy According to Cardenas et al. (2011) this species is a Geodia based on molecular analysis, but since it lacks the sterrasters of Geodia, this decision is postponed until confirmed by independent studies. [details]
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