Genus Dercitus Gray, 1867
- Dercitus Gray, J.E. 1867. Notes on the arrangement of sponges, with the description of some new genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867: 492-558 pls 27-28 [542].
Type species:
Hymeniacidon bucklandi Bowerbank, 1866 by monotypy.
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
NE Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Indian Ocean and Indo-Malayan region.
IMCRA
Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)
Distribution References
Diagnosis
Pachastrellidae having toxas as microscleres in addition to characteristic sanidasters with a thick central axis relative to the actines. Megascleres are calthrops or short-shafted triaenes; oxeas are absent.
ID Keys
See Family Pachastrellidae Diagnosis.
Diagnosis References
Maldonado, M. 2002. Family Pachastrellidae Carter, 1875. pp. 141-162 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. [151]
General References
van Soest, R.W.M., Beglinger, E.J. & de Voogd, N.J. 2010. Skeletons in confusion: a review of astrophorid sponges with (dicho-)calthrops as structural megascleres (Porifera, Demospongiae, Astrophorida). ZooKeys 68: 1–88 (subgenera of Dercitus)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29-Mar-2018 | PORIFERA Grant, 1836 | 27-Mar-2018 | MODIFIED | Dr Kathryn Hall |
| 29-Mar-2018 | 15-Dec-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 29-Mar-2018 | 13-Apr-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |