Pachastrella

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

Picraster Sollas, 1888

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

Species of this genus are found throughout the world.

Species

Species listed by WoRMS:

References

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