Genus Plakinastrella Schulze, 1880
- Plakinastrella Schulze, F.E. 1880. Untersuchungen über den Bau und die Entwicklung der Spongien. Neunte Mittheilung. Die Plakiniden. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie 34: 407-451 pls 20-22 [448].
Type species:
Plakinastrella copiosa Schulze, 1880 by monotypy. - Dercitopsis Dendy, A. 1905. Report on the sponges collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. 57-246 pls 1-16 in Herdman, W.A. (ed.). Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar. London : Royal Society Vol. 3 Suppl. 18. [65].
Type species:
Dercitopsis ceylonica Dendy, 1905 by monotypy.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Topsent, E. 1928. Spongiaires de l'Atlantique et de la Méditerranée provenant des croisières du Prince Albert Ier de Monaco. Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco 74: 1-376 11 pls [33]
- Vacelet, J., Vasseur, P. & Lévi, C. 1976. Spongiaires de la pente externe des récifs coralliens de Tuléar (Sud-Ouest de Madagascar). Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] ns A 49: 1-116 78 figs pls 1-10 [14]
Distribution
States
Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Central Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, Indian Ocean and W Pacific Ocean.
IMCRA
Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)
Distribution References
Diagnosis
Thinly to massively encrusting, sometimes lobate or tubular Plakinidae, usually tough in consistency and with surface smooth to the eye but rough to the touch. Subectosomal inhalant cavities present in some species; choanocyte chambers eurypylous or diplodal. Skeleton composed of non-lophose diods, triods, and/or calthrops with wide size variation, usually in three size classes. The small diactines are accumulated on the surface, either forming a palisade or disposed tangentially to the surface.
ID Keys
See Family Plakinidae Diagnosis
Diagnosis References
Muricy, G. & Diaz, M. C. 2002. Order Homosclerophorida Dendy, 1905. Family Plakinidae Schulze, 1880. pp. 71-82 in Hooper, J.N.A. & van Soest, R.W.M. (eds). Systema Porifera: A guide to the classification of sponges. New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers Vol. 1. [80]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29-Mar-2018 | 28-Feb-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 29-Mar-2018 | 13-Apr-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |