Stelletta

Stelletta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Demospongiae
Order:	Tetractinellida
Family:	Ancorinidae
Genus:	Stelletta Schmidt, 1862
Species
See text
Synonyms
List Anthastra Sollas, 1886 Astrella Sollas, 1886 Collingsia Gray, 1867 Cryptotethya Dendy, 1905 Dorypleres Sollas, 1888 Dragmastra Sollas, 1888 Monotria de Laubenfels, 1936 Myriastra Sollas, 1886 Myriastra (Pilochrota) Sollas, 1886 Pilochrota Sollas, 1886 Pumex Gray, 1867 Stellata [lapsus] Stelletta (Astrella) Sollas, 1886 Stelletta (Myriastra) Sollas, 1886 Stelletta (Pilochrota) Sollas, 1886 Tethia Nardo, 1847

Stelletta is a genus of sea sponges belonging to the family Ancorinidae.

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Stelletta:

• 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 anthastra Lehnert & Stone, 2014
• Stelletta arenaria Bergquist, 1968
• Stelletta aruensis Hentschel, 1912
• 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 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 crusta Shim & Sim, 2009
• 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 digitata (Pulitzer-Finali, 1993)
• Stelletta digitifera (Lévi, 1959)
• †Stelletta discoidea Rutot, 1874
• 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 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 kieschnicki Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
• Stelletta kundukensis Sim, 1996
• Stelletta lactea Carter, 1871
• Stelletta latiancora Topsent, 1928
• Stelletta lithodes Bergquist, 1968
• Stelletta longicladus Dendy & Burton, 1926
• Stelletta makushina Lehnert & Stone, 2014
• Stelletta mamilliformis Carter, 1886
• Stelletta maori Dendy, 1924
• Stelletta mauritiana (Dendy, 1916)
• Stelletta maxima Thiele, 1898
• Stelletta mediterranea (Topsent, 1893)
• Stelletta megaspina Lendenfeld, 1907
• Stelletta misakensis Lebwohl, 1914
• Stelletta morikawai Tanita, 1961

• Stelletta mortarium Díaz & Cárdenas, 2024

• Stelletta moseleyi (Sollas, 1888)

• Stelletta naseana Thiele, 1898
• Stelletta normani Sollas, 1880
• Stelletta novaezealandiae Brøndsted, 1924
• Stelletta obtusus (Lendenfeld, 1907)
• 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 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 tenuis Lindgren, 1897
• Stelletta tenuispicula (Sollas, 1886)
• Stelletta teres Lebwohl, 1914
• Stelletta tethyoides Lendenfeld, 1888
• Stelletta tethyopsis Carter, 1880
• Stelletta tethytimeata Calcinai, Bastari, Bertolino & Pansini, 2017
• Stelletta tetrafurcata Hoshino, 1981
• Stelletta thomasi Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
• 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 vervoorti Van Soest, 2017
• Stelletta vestigium Dendy, 1905
• Stelletta vosmaeri (Sollas, 1886)
• Stelletta wilsoni Van Soest & Hooper, 2020