Genus Chalinula Schmidt, 1868

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• Chalinula Schmidt, E.O. 1868. Die Spongien der Küste von Algier. Mit Nachträgen zu den Spongien des Adriatischen Meeres. Leipzig : Engelmann 44 pp. 5 pls. [7].

  Type species:

   Chalinula renieroides Schmidt, 1868 by subsequent designation, see Laubenfels, M.W. de 1936. A discussion of the sponge fauna of the Dry Tortugas in particular, and the West Indies in general, with material for a revision of the families and orders of the Porifera. (Tortugas Lab. Paper No. 467). Publication of the Carnegie Institution of Washington Washington 30: 1-225 22 pls 1 map [47].
• Acervochalina Ridley, S.O. 1884. Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of H.M.S. Alert, 1881–1882. Spongiida. (Part 1, Australian sponges). London : British Museum (Natural History) 366-482, pls 39-43. [398].

  Type species:

   Chalina limbata Montagu, 1818 by original designation.
• Phylosiphonia Lendenfeld, R. von 1887. Die Chalineen des australischen Gebietes. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 2: 723-828 pls 18-26, 28 [741].

  Type species:

   Chalinula fertilis Keller, 1879 by subsequent designation, see Burton, M. 1934. Sponges. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 4: 513-621 pls 1-2 [531].
• Chalinodendron Lendenfeld, R. von 1887. Die Chalineen des australischen Gebietes. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 2: 723-828 pls 18-26, 28 [742].

  Type species:

   Chalina gracilenta Bowerbank, 1866 by subsequent designation, see Burton, M. 1934. Sponges. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 4: 513-621 pls 1-2 [530].
• Phylosiphonia (Anatoxius) Lendenfeld, R. von 1887. Die Chalineen des australischen Gebietes. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 2: 723-828 pls 18-26, 28.

  Type species:

   Siphonochalina annulata Ridley & Dendy, 1886 by subsequent designation, see van Soest, R. 2012. Phylosiphonia (Anatoxius) Lendenfeld, 1887. In: Van Soest, R.W.M, Boury-Esnault, N., Hooper, J.N.A., Rützler, K, de Voogd, N.J., Alvarez de Glasby, B., Hajdu, E., Pisera, A.B., Manconi, R., Schoenberg, C., Janussen, D., Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M., Picton, B., Kelly, M., Vacelet, J. (2011) World Porifera database. Accessed through: Van Soest, R.W.M, Boury-Esnault, N., Hooper, J.N.A., Rützler, K, de Voogd, N.J., Alvarez de Glasby, B., Hajdu, E., Pisera, A.B., Manconi, R., Schoenberg, C., Janussen, D., Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M., Picton, B., Kelly, M., Vacelet, J. (2011) World Porifera database at http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=184554 on 2012-01-17. http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=184554 (checked on 2012-01-17).
• Nara Laubenfels, M.W. de 1954. The sponges of the West-Central Pacific. Oregon State Monographs. Studies in Zoology 7: 1-306 pls 1-12.

  Type species:

   Nara nematifera de Laubenfels, 1954 by monotypy.
• Katiba Laubenfels, M.W. de 1954. The sponges of the West-Central Pacific. Oregon State Monographs. Studies in Zoology 7: 1-306 pls 1-12.

  Type species:

   Katiba milnei de Laubenfels, 1954 by monotypy.

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Diagnosis

Thinly encrusting, cushion-shaped or irregularly digitate growth forms. Consistency spongy, elastic, or very soft and limp. Colour brown or purplish. Oxeas short, ranging from vestigial to cigar-shaped; a high variation in form and size may occur within the same species. Spongin usually abundant, with high variation within one species. No microscleres.

Diagnosis References

Weerdt, W. H. De 2002. Family Chalinidae Gray, 1867. pp. 852-873 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. [853]

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