Genus Dendrilla Lendenfeld, 1883
- Dendrilla Lendenfeld, R. von 1883. Über Coelenteraten der Südsee. Neue Aplysinidae. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie 38: 234-313 pls 10-13 [270].
Type species:
Dendrilla rosea Lendenfeld, 1883 by subsequent designation, see Topsent, E. 1905. Etude sur les Dendroceratida. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale 4 3: clxxi-cxcii 3 figs [cxc].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania
Extra Distribution Information
Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, Indo-Malayan region, W Pacific, Subantarctic and Antarctic.
IMCRA
Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Distribution References
Diagnosis
Darwinellidae of large, flexible, erect, branching or complex lamellate growth forms (Fig. 2C) in which the fibres branch repeatedly but do not anastomose. Fibres contain no foreign coring material.
ID Keys
See Family Darwinellidae Diagnosis
Diagnosis References
Bergquist, P.R. & Cook, S.D.C. 2002. Family Darwinellidae Merejkowsky, 1879. pp. 1068-1071 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. [1070]
General References
Bergquist, P.R. 1996. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Porifera: Demospongiae: Part 5. Dendroceratida and Halisarcida. New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 107: 1-53 [19]
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) |