Stelletta
Encyclopedia
Stelletta is a genus
of demosponge
belonging to the family
Ancorinidae
.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of demosponge
Demosponge
The Demospongiae are the largest class in the phylum Porifera. Their "skeletons" are made of spicules consisting of fibers of the protein spongin, the mineral silica, or both. Where spicules of silica are present, they have a different shape from those in the otherwise similar glass sponges...
belonging to the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Ancorinidae
Ancorinidae
The Ancorinidae are a family of marine sponges belonging to the order of Astrophorida.- Genera :*Ancorina Schmidt, 1862*Asteropus Sollas, 1888*Cryptosyringa Vacelet, 1979 *Disyringa Sollas, 1888*Ecionemia Bowerbank, 1862...
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Species
Species in this genus include:- Stelletta addita (Topsent, 1938)
- Stelletta aeruginosa Carter, 1886
- Stelletta agglutinans (Dendy, 1905)
- Stelletta agulhana Lendenfeld, 1907
- Stelletta anancora (Sollas, 1886)
- Stelletta anasteria Esteves & Muricy, 2005
- Stelletta arenaria Bergquist, 1968
- Stelletta aruensis Hentschel, 1912
- Stelletta aspera Kieschnick, 1896
- Stelletta atrophia Hoshino, 1981
- Stelletta beae Hajdu & Carvalho, 2003
- Stelletta bocki Rao, 1941
- Stelletta boglicii Schmidt, 1862
- Stelletta brevidens (Topsent, 1897)
- Stelletta brevioxea Pulitzer-Finali, 1993
- Stelletta brevis Hentschel, 1909
- Stelletta calyx Sim & Kim, 2003
- Stelletta capensis Lévi, 1967
- Stelletta carolinensis (Wells, Wells & Gray, 1960)
- Stelletta cavernosa (Dendy, 1916)
- Stelletta centroradiata Lévi & Lévi, 1983
- Stelletta centrotyla Lendenfeld, 1907
- Stelletta ceylonica (Sollas, 1888)
- Stelletta clarella de Laubenfels, 1930
- Stelletta clavosa Ridley, 1884
- Stelletta colombiana (Wintermann-Kilian & Kilian, 1984)
- Stelletta communis (Sollas, 1886)
- Stelletta conulosa Bergquist, 1968
- Stelletta crassicula Carter, 1881
- Stelletta crassispicula (Sollas, 1886)
- Stelletta crater Dendy, 1924
- Stelletta cyathoides Burton, 1926
- Stelletta cylindrica Thomas, 1973
- Stelletta debilis Thiele, 1900
- Stelletta defensa Pulitzer-Finali, 1983
- Stelletta dendyi (Sollas, 1888)
- Stelletta dichoclada Pulitzer-Finali, 1983
- Stelletta digitifera (Lévi, 1959)
- Stelletta discolor Bösraug, 1913
- Stelletta dorsigera Schmidt, 1864
- Stelletta durissima Bergquist, 1965
- Stelletta eduardoi Desqueyroux-Faúndez & van Soest, 1997
- Stelletta estrella de Laubenfels, 1930
- Stelletta farcimen Lendenfeld, 1907
- Stelletta fibrosa (Schmidt, 1870)
- Stelletta fibulifera Schmidt, 1880
- Stelletta freitasi Lévi, 1964
- Stelletta gigantea Tanita, 1965
- Stelletta gigas (Sollas, 1886)
- Stelletta globulariformis (Wilson, 1902)
- Stelletta grubii Schmidt, 1862
- Stelletta grubioides Burton, 1926
- Stelletta hajdui Lerner & Mothes, 1999
- Stelletta herdmani Dendy, 1905
- Stelletta hispida (Buccich, 1886)
- Stelletta horrens Kirkpatrick, 1902
- Stelletta hyperoxea Lévi & Lévi, 1983
- Stelletta incrustans (Topsent, 1892)
- Stelletta incrustata Uliczka, 1929
- Stelletta individua (Schmidt, 1870)
- Stelletta inermis (Topsent, 1904)
- Stelletta japonica Lebwohl, 1914
- Stelletta jonesi (Thomas, 1973)
- Stelletta kallitetilla (de Laubenfels, 1936)
- Stelletta kundukensis Sim, 1996
- Stelletta lactea Carter, 1871
- Stelletta latiancora Topsent, 1928
- Stelletta lithodes Bergquist, 1968
- Stelletta longicladus Dendy & Burton, 1926
- Stelletta mamilliformis Carter, 1886
- Stelletta maori Dendy, 1924
- Stelletta mauritiana (Dendy, 1916)
- Stelletta maxima Thiele, 1898
- Stelletta mediterranea (Topsent, 1893)
- Stelletta misakensis Lebwohl, 1914
- Stelletta morikawai Tanita, 1961
- Stelletta moseleyi (Sollas, 1888)
- Stelletta naseana Thiele, 1898
- Stelletta normani Sollas, 1880
- Stelletta novaezealandiae Brøndsted, 1924
- Stelletta orientalis Thiele, 1898
- Stelletta orthotriaena Koltun, 1966
- Stelletta osculifera (Lévi, 1964)
- Stelletta ovalae Tanita, 1965
- Stelletta pachydermata (Sollas, 1886)
- Stelletta parva (Row, 1911)
- Stelletta parvispicula (Sollas, 1886)
- Stelletta paucistellata Lévi, 1952
- Stelletta phialimorpha Lévi, 1993
- Stelletta phrissens Sollas, 1886
- Stelletta pisum Thiele, 1898
- Stelletta plagioreducta Lévi, 1961
- Stelletta porosa Kieschnick, 1896
- Stelletta pudica (Wiedenmayer, 1977)
- Stelletta pulchra (Sollas, 1886)
- Stelletta pulvinata (Lamarck, 1815)
- Stelletta pumex (Nardo, 1847)
- Stelletta purpurea Ridley, 1884
- Stelletta pygmaeorum Schmidt, 1880
- Stelletta pyriformis (Sollas, 1886)
- Stelletta radicifera Wilson, 1925
- Stelletta retroclada Lévi, 1967
- Stelletta rhaphidiophora Hentschel, 1929
- Stelletta ridleyi (Sollas, 1886)
- Stelletta ruetzleri Mothes & Silva, 2002
- Stelletta rugosa Burton, 1926
- Stelletta sandalinum Brøndsted, 1924
- Stelletta siemensi Keller, 1891
- Stelletta sigmatriaena Lendenfeld, 1907
- Stelletta simplicissima (Schmidt, 1868)
- Stelletta solida (de Laubenfels, 1936)
- Stelletta solida Tanita, 1963
- Stelletta solidissima (Wilson, 1902)
- Stelletta soteropolitana Cosme & Peixinho, 2007
- Stelletta sphaerica Burton, 1926
- Stelletta sphaeroides Kieschnick, 1896
- Stelletta spinulosa Sim & Kim, 2003
- Stelletta splendens Tanita, 1965
- Stelletta stellata Topsent, 1893
- Stelletta stellifera Kieschnick, 1896
- Stelletta stenospiculata Uliczka, 1929
- Stelletta subtilis (Sollas, 1886)
- Stelletta tenuispicula (Sollas, 1886)
- Stelletta teres Lebwohl, 1914
- Stelletta tethyopsis Carter, 1880
- Stelletta tetrafurcata Hoshino, 1981
- Stelletta toxiastra Lévi, 1993
- Stelletta trichotriaena Dendy & Burton, 1926
- Stelletta trisclera Lévi, 1967
- Stelletta tuba Lebwohl, 1914
- Stelletta tuberculata (Carter, 1886)
- Stelletta tuberosa (Topsent, 1892)
- Stelletta tulearensis Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976
- Stelletta vaceleti Lévi & Lévi, 1983
- Stelletta validissima Thiele, 1898
- Stelletta variabilis (Wilson, 1902)
- Stelletta variohamata Thiele, 1900
- Stelletta ventricosa (Topsent, 1904)
- Stelletta vestigium Dendy, 1905
- Stelletta vosmaeri (Sollas, 1886)