Pachastrella

Pachastrella
Pachastrella ovisternata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Tetractinellida
Family: Pachastrellidae
Genus: Pachastrella
Schmidt, 1868
Synonyms[1]

Picraster Sollas, 1888

Pachastrella is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Pachastrellidae,[2] that was first described in 1868 by Eduard Oscar Schmidt.[2][3]

Species of this genus are found throughout the world.[2]

Species

Species listed by WoRMS:[1]

  • Pachastrella abyssi Schmidt, 1870
  • Pachastrella caliculata Kirkpatrick, 1902
  • Pachastrella chuni Lendenfeld, 1907
  • Pachastrella cribrum Lebwohl, 1914
  • Pachastrella dilifera de Laubenfels, 1934
  • Pachastrella echinorhabda Pulitzer-Finali, 1972
  • Pachastrella fusca Lebwohl, 1914
  • Pachastrella incrustata Bergquist, 1968
  • Pachastrella isorrhopa Kirkpatrick, 1902
  • Pachastrella monilifera Schmidt, 1868
  • Pachastrella multipora Dickinson, 1945
  • Pachastrella nodulosa Cárdenas & Rapp, 2012
  • Pachastrella ovisternata Lendenfeld, 1894
  • Pachastrella pacoi Van Soest, Meesters & Becking, 2014
  • Pachastrella scrobiculosa Lebwohl, 1914

References

  1. ^ a b "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Pachastrella Schmidt, 1868". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2025-10-12.
  2. ^ a b c "Pachastrella Schmidt, 1868". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  3. ^ Eduard Oscar Schmidt (1868), Die Spongien der Küste von Algier. Mit Nachträgen zu den Spongien des Adriatischen Meeres . (Drittes Supplement) (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, Wikidata Q136485775