Pachastrella

Pachastrella
Pachastrella ovisternata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Demospongiae
Order:	Tetractinellida
Family:	Pachastrellidae
Genus:	Pachastrella Schmidt, 1868
Synonyms [1]
PicrasterSollas, 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. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Pachastrella Schmidt, 1868". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2025-10-12.
2. "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