Family DENDYIDAE Laubenfels, 1936

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• Dendyidae 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.
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• Soleniscidae Borojevic, R., Boury-Esnault, N. & Vacelet, J. 1990. A revision of the supraspecific classification of the subclass Calcinea (Porifera, Class Calcarea). Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris [published 1895-1906] 4 12(A,2): 243-276 [junior homonym; [Soleniscidae] Borojevic et al., 1990, as the type genus [Soleniscus] Borojevic et al., 1990 is a junior homonym and following Art. 39 of the IZCN, the family name is invalid. [Soleniscidae] Borojevic et al., 1990 was erected to separate the genera Soleneiscus (ex. Soleniscus) and Dendya from the Clathrinidae.].

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   Borojevic, R., Boury-Esnault, N., Manuel, M. & Vacelet, J. 2002. Order Clathrinida Hartman, 1958. pp. 1141-1152 in Hooper, J.N.A. & Soest, R.W.M. Van (eds). Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers Vol. 2.
• Soleneiscidae Borojevic, R., Boury-Esnault, N., Manuel, M. & Vacelet, J. 2002. Order Clathrinida Hartman, 1958. pp. 1141-1152 in Hooper, J.N.A. & Soest, R.W.M. Van (eds). Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers Vol. 2. [replacement name].

Introduction

Soleneiscidae Borojevic et al., 2002 have an essentially tubular organisation, with sponges growing in the form of an individual olynthus; several olynthi may grow from the basal stolon-like tubes, or in the form of distally branching tubes arranged radially around a central olynthus tube without any special skeletal differentiation. A continuous choanoderm lines all the internal cavities. Spicules are regular triradiates (Hooper & Wiedenmayer 1994: fig. 147) and/or quadriradiates (Hooper & Wiedenmayer 1994: fig. 158), to which tripods (Hooper & Wiedenmayer 1994: fig. 148) or biradiates (Hooper & Wiedenmayer 1994: figs 164–174) may be added.

Only two genera are included, Soleneiscus and Dendya, with both found in the Australian fauna. Soleneiscidae differ from Clathrinidae in that their adult stages consist of a simple olynthus, or olynthus-like tubes either united at their bases or distally ramified (Borojevic et al. 1990). Clathrinidae pass through the olynthus stage early in their life cycle, with subsequent growth occurring via longitudinal median division of their tubes to form anastomosing clathrate bodies, whereas Soleneiscidae maintain an olynthoid form throughout life or their tubes divide terminally forming a cormus composed of distally branched tubes.

Reviews of genera are given by Burton (1963), and discussion of the family is given by Borojevic et al. (1990, 2002).

Diagnosis

Clathrinida with an essentially tubular organisation, forming an individual ascon tube (olynthus) with several tubes growing from the basal stolon-like tubes, or forming distally ramified but not anastomosed tubes radially arranged around a central olynthus without any special skeletal differentiation. A continuous choanoderm lines all the internal cavities. Spicules are regular triactines and/or tetractines, to which tripods or diactines may be added.

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Diagnosis References

Borojevic, R., Boury-Esnault, N., Manuel, M. & Vacelet, J. 2002. Order Clathrinida Hartman, 1958. pp. 1141-1152 in Hooper, J.N.A. & Soest, R.W.M. Van (eds). Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers Vol. 2. [1144]

General References

Borojevic, R., Boury-Esnault, N., Manuel, M. & Vacelet, J. 2002. Order Clathrinida Hartman, 1958. pp. 1141-1152 in Hooper, J.N.A. & Soest, R.W.M. Van (eds). Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers Vol. 2. [1144]

Borojevic, R., Boury-Esnault, N. & Vacelet, J. 1990. A revision of the supraspecific classification of the subclass Calcinea (Porifera, Class Calcarea). Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris [published 1895-1906] 4 12(A,2): 243-276

Burton, M. 1963. A Revision of the Classification of the Calcareous Sponges. London : British Museum pp. 1-693 figs 1-375.

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