Genus Desmoxya Hallmann, 1917
- Desmoxya 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 species:
Higginsia lunata Carter, 1885 by original designation.
Distribution
States
Victoria
IMCRA
Bass Strait Shelf Province (35)
Diagnosis
Heteroxyidae with a single category of strongylote or oxeote megascleres arranged in a vaguely plumose fashion, with crescent-shaped acanthoxeas especially abundant in the surface membrane and long wispy trichodragmas as additional spicules. Shape encrusting or massive.
Diagnosis References
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]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29-Mar-2018 | 15-Dec-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 02-Nov-2010 | ADDED |