Genus Auletta Schmidt, 1870
Compiler and date details
28/5/2010 - John Hooper
- Auletta Schmidt, E.O. 1870. Grundzüge einer Spongien-Fauna des Atlantischen Gebietes. Leipzig : Engelmann 88 pp. 6 pls. [45].
Type species:
Auletta sycinularia Schmidt, 1870 by monotypy.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Amphi-Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea, Indian Ocean, Japan and W Pacific Ocean.
IMCRA
Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Diagnosis
Tubular, erect on peduncle or narrow base. Surface smooth with choanosomal spicules projecting slightly; ectosome without specialised skeleton. Choanosomal skeleton plumoreticulate, with longitudinally strongyle tracts, connected by single styles or plumose tracts of styles; masses of sinuous strongyles reinforcing inner tube wall. Megascleres sinuous strongyles, always coring main spicule tracts and inner tube walls; styles and or oxeas, plumo-echinating and connecting main tracts. Microscleres absent.
ID Keys
See Family Axinellidae Diagnosis
Diagnosis References
Alvarez De Glasby, B. & Hooper, J.N.A. 2002. Family Axinellidae Carter, 1875. pp. 724-747 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. [727]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29-Mar-2018 | 15-Dec-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 29-Mar-2018 | 13-Apr-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |