Family DESMOXYIDAE Hallmann, 1917
- Desmoxyidae Hallmann, E.F. 1917. A revision of the genera with microscleres included, or provisionally included, in the family Axinellidae, with descriptions of some Australian species. Part 3. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 41: 634-675 4 figs pls 29/3, 5-6, 33/6, 38/5 [649].
Type genus:
Desmoxya Hallmann, 1917.Secondary source:
Bergquist, P.R. 1970. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Porifera, Demospongiae, Part 2 (Axinellida and Halichondrida). (Mem. N.Z. Oceanogr. Inst. 51). Bulletin of the New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research 197: 1-85 20 pls 3 figs; van Soest, R.W.M. & Hooper, J.N.A. 2005. Resurrection of Desmoxya (Porifera: Halichondrida), with the description of a new species from Rockall Bank bathyal coral reefs, North Atlantic. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 85: 1367-1371 [1368].
Introduction
Resurected and transferred to Poecilosclerida by Morrow et al., 2019. (Previously a synonym of Axinellida: Heteroxyidae.) Unusual raphides suggest Desmoxya lunataan shares an affinity with Tedaniidae.
General References
Morrow, C., Cardenas, P., Boury-Esnault, N., Picton, B., McCormack, G., van Soest, R., Collins, A., Redmond, N., Maggs, C., Sigwart, J., Allcock, L.A. 2019. Integrating morphological and molecular taxonomy with the revised concept of Stelligeridae (Porifera: Demospongiae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 187(1): 31–81
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEMOSPONGIAE Sollas, 1885 | 05-Aug-2021 | ADDED |