Subgenus Crella (Grayella) Carter, 1869

Museums

Regional Maps

• Grayella Carter, H.J. 1869. On Grayella cyathophora, a new genus and species of sponges. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 4(21): 189-197 pl. 7 [190].

  Type species:

   Grayella cyathophora Carter, 1869 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Diagnosis

No chelae, no basal or echinating acanthostyles.

ID Keys

See Genus Crella Diagnosis

Diagnosis References

van Soest, R.W.M. 2002. Family Crellidae Dendy, 1922. pp. 556-566 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. [560]

History of changes