Genus Cinachyra Sollas, 1886
- Cinachyra Sollas, W.J. 1886. Preliminary account of the tetractinellid sponges dredged by H.M.S. Challenger, 1872–1876. Part 1. The Choristida. Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society ns 5: 177-199 [182].
Type species:
Cinachyra barbata Sollas, 1886 by monotypy. Type species:
Spiretta raphidiophora Sollas, 1888 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 [171].- Tethyopsilla Lendenfeld, R. von 1888. Descriptive Catalogue of the Sponges in the Australian Museum, Sydney. London : Taylor & Francis 260 pp. 12 pls. [45].
Type species:
Tethyopsilla stewarti Lendenfeld, 1888 by monotypy. - Kaira 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 [175].
Type species:
Tethya hebes Lendenfeld, 1907 by original designation.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Rützler, K. 1987. Tetillidae (Spirophorida, Porifera): a taxonomic re-evaluation. pp. 187-203 in Vacelet, J. & Boury-Esnault, N. (eds). Taxonomy of Porifera from the N.E. Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. NATO ASI Series. Berlin : Springer-Verlag Vol. G13. [188]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
West Indian region, Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, Indian Ocean, Indo-Malayan region, W Pacific Ocean, New Zealand, Southern Ocean and Antarctic.
IMCRA
Christmas Island Province (23), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Distribution References
- Dendy, A. 1922. Report on the Sigmatotetraxonida collected by H.M.S. Sealark in the Indian Ocean. In Report of the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905. Vol. 7. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 2nd Series Zoology 18: 1-164 pls 1-18 [13]
- Wilson, H.V. 1925. Silicious and horny sponges collected by the U.S. Fisheries steamer Albatross during the Philippine Expedition, 1907–10. In Contributions to the biology of the Philippine Archipelago and adjacent regions. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 100(2/4): i-vii 273-532 pls 37-52 [363]
Diagnosis
Globular sponges with surface covered by numerous porocalices. Full-grown specimens develop an irregular basal mass as wide as the globular upper part, equivalent perhaps to a stalk. Porocalices large and deep, flask-shaped, surrounded by a fringe of long megascleres. In cross section there is a prominent cortex strengthened by special cortical oxeas. Skeleton of the globular part radiate, consisting of bundles of oxeas originating in a central nucleus and spirally curving outwards toward the periphery, where they are mixed with protriaenes. These protrude beyond the layer of cortical oxeas and are the cause of the bristly surface. Megascleres choanosomal large oxeas, cortical small oxeas, protriaenes, and anatriaenes. Microscleres sigmaspires. So far, only a single valid species has been recognised with certainty to belong to this genus, most records of Cinachyra species concern the genus Cinachyrella (cf. below).
ID Keys
See Family Tetillidae Diagnosis.
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) |