Genus Aphrocallistes Gray, 1858

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• Aphrocallistes Gray, J.E. 1858. On Aphrocallistes, a new genus of Spongiadae from Malacca. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 26: 114-115 [114].

  Type species:

   Aphrocallistes beatrix Gray, 1858 by monotypy.

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Province (2), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6)

Diagnosis

Body form as simple branching tubules to networks of branching and anastomosing tubules to funnel-form, main body bearing radial closed (rarely open) tubules or hollow mitten-form extensions; sieve plates may be formed across main osculum or atrial lumen; rigid wall from 1–10 mm thick; wall structure as very regular, low-density honeycomb resulting from closely packed diarhyses separated by thin, delicate septa, 1–2 dictyonal meshes thick; dermalia generally pinular hexactins but pentactins may occasionally predominate; scopules as accessory dermalia and occasionally atrialia with tine tips varying from strongylote, subtylote, tylote to oxyote, or ending in buttons or toothed discs; typical uncinates present; atrialia as tuberculate diactins with central knobs; microscleres as discohexasters and/or tylohexasters and/or oxyhexasters, often with secondary branching restricted to the two rays of one extended axis (syngrammous).

Diagnosis References

Reiswig, H. 2002. Family Aphrocallistidae Gray, 1867. pp. 1282-1286 in Hooper, J.N.A. & Soest, R.W.M. Van (eds). Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers Vol. 2. [1282]

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