Genus Cribrochalina Schmidt, 1870
- Cribrochalina Schmidt, E.O. 1870. Grundzüge einer Spongien-Fauna des Atlantischen Gebietes. Leipzig : Engelmann 88 pp. 6 pls. [36].
Type species:
Cribrochalina infundibulum Schmidt, 1870 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 [46].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
West Indian region, possibly Red Sea, widespread in Indo-Malayan region.
IMCRA
Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)
Distribution References
- Hooper, J.N.A. in Hooper, J.N.A. & Wiedenmayer, F. 1994. Porifera. pp. 1-620 in Wells, A. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia Vol. 12 xiii 624 pp. [Date published 21/Nov/1994]
- van Soest, R.W.M. 1980. Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part II. Haplosclerida. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 62(191): 1-173 49 figs 18 pls [42, 45]
Diagnosis
Lamellate, folded, fan, vase, or cup-shaped, thin-walled growth forms, attached directly to the substrate, with a basal portion burrowed into the sediment. Oscules generally not distinguishable externally from numerous holes puncturing the surface. Surface optically smooth, with an ectosomal network consisting of a palisade of spicule-brushes covered by a fine membrane (crust). Choanosomal skeleton with strong, ascending longitudinal multispicular primary fibres radially distributed to produce an anisotropical skeleton with regularly elongated meshes. Spongin abundant. Microscleres absent.
ID Keys
See Family Niphatidae Diagnosis
Diagnosis References
Desqueyroux-Faundez, R. & Valentine, C. 2002. Family Niphatidae Van Soest, 1980. pp. 874-890 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. [877]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 29-Mar-2018 | 15-Dec-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 29-Mar-2018 | 13-Apr-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |