Genus Anthotethya Sarà & Sarà, 2002

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• Anthotethya Sarà, M. & Sarà, A. 2002. Three remarkable new genera of Tethyidae (Porifera, Demospongiae) from Australia. Italian Journal of Zoology 69: 163-173 [167].

  Type species:

   Anthotethya fromontae Sarà & Sarà, 2002 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Diagnosis

Tethyidae with irregular conical shape and thin cortex. The megasclere skeleton is made by ascending tracts of styles (sometimes anisostrongyles or subtylostyles) and interstitial styles. Main tracts branch at different body levels and also may anastomose. Megasters are represented by anthasters, and micrasters by spiny strongylasters and oxyasters.

ID Keys

See Family Tethyidae Diagnosis.

Diagnosis References

Sarà, M. 2002. Family Tethyidae Gray, 1848. pp. 245-267 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. [249]

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