Genus Aplysinopsis Lendenfeld, 1888
- Aplysinopsis Lendenfeld, R. von 1888. Descriptive Catalogue of the Sponges in the Australian Museum, Sydney. London : Taylor & Francis 260 pp. 12 pls. [149].
Type species:
Aplysinopsis elegans Lendenfeld, 1888 by subsequent designation, see Burton, M. 1932. Report on a collection of sponges made in South Saghalin by Mr. Tomoe Urita. Science Reports of the Tôhoku University 4 7: 195-206 6 figs pls 7-8 [203].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Indian Ocean, NW Pacific and Arctic.
IMCRA
Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Distribution References
Diagnosis
Upright and tubular, lobose or digitate sponges, with a thin, regular surface armour, and rounded conules or tubercles. The comparatively sparse fibre skeleton comprises simple, cored primary fibres and an irregular reticulum of uncored secondary fibres. Primary and secondary fibres are of similar diameter, with smaller diameter branching of the secondary fibres. The mesohyl of these sponges is characteristically fleshy or collagenous, in contrast to the more fibrous mesohyl of genera such as Cacospongia, Thorecta and Scalarispongia.
ID Keys
See Subfamily Thorectinae Diagnosis
Diagnosis References
Cook, S.D.C. & Bergquist, P.R. 2002. Family Thorectidae Bergquist, 1978. pp. 1028-1050 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. [1033]
General References
Bergquist, P.R. 1980. A revision of the supraspecific classification of the orders Dictyoceratida, Dendroceratida and Verongida (Class Demospongiae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 7: 443-503 figs 1-25 pls
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 29-Mar-2018 | 15-Dec-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 29-Mar-2018 | 13-Apr-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |