Genus Ascandra Haeckel, 1872
- Ascandra Haeckel, E. 1872. Die Kalkschwämme. Eine Monographie in zwei Bänden Text und einem Atlas mit 60 Tafeln Abbildungen. Berlin : Georg Reimer Vol. 1 pp. 1-396; Vol. 2 pp. 1-418; Vol. 3, pls 1-30. [part translated in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4)11: 241–262, 421–430] [80].
Type species:
Ascandra falcata Haeckel, 1872 by subsequent monotypy, see Minchin, E.A. 1896. Suggestions for a natural classification of the Ascondiae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6 18: 349-362 [360].
Distribution
States
Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
NE Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea and Japan, (New Zealand).
IMCRA
Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)
Distribution References
Diagnosis
Leucaltidae with single or anastomosed tubes in which the choanoderm forms folds inside the choanocoel, isolating radially arranged shallow cavities or true radial tubes. The choanosomal folds are supported by apical actines of the external tetractines only.
ID Keys
See Order Clathrinida Diagnosis
Diagnosis References
Borojevic, R., Boury-Esnault, N., Manuel, M. & Vacelet, J. 2002. Order Clathrinida Hartman, 1958. pp. 1141-1152 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. [1147]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 20-Dec-2011 | 20-Dec-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 23-Feb-2012 | MODIFIED |