Genus Echinodictyum Ridley & Duncan, 1881
- Echinodictyum Ridley, S.O. & Duncan, P.M. 1881. On the genus Plocamia Schmidt, and on some other sponges of the order Echinonemata. With descriptions of two additional new species of Dirrhopalum. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 15: 476-497 pls 28-29 [493].
Type species:
Spongia bilamellata Lamarck, 1814 by original designation. - Kalykenteron Lendenfeld, R. von 1888. Descriptive Catalogue of the Sponges in the Australian Museum, Sydney. London : Taylor & Francis 260 pp. 12 pls. [216].
Type species:
Kalykenteron elegans Lendenfeld, 1888 by subsequent designation, see Hooper, J.N.A. 1991. Revision of the family Raspailiidae (Porifera: Demospongiae), with descriptions of Australian species. Invertebrate Taxonomy 5(6): 1179-1418 [1347]. - Kieplileta Laubenfels, M.W. de 1954. The sponges of the West-Central Pacific. Oregon State Monographs. Studies in Zoology 7: 1-306 pls 1-12 [116].
Type species:
Kieplileta antrodes de Laubenfels, 1954 by original designation.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Hooper, J.N.A. 1991. Revision of the family Raspailiidae (Porifera: Demospongiae), with descriptions of Australian species. Invertebrate Taxonomy 5(6): 1179-1418 [1347]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
West Indian region, Red Sea, Indian Ocean, Indo-Malayan region, W and central Pacific Ocean.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)
Distribution References
Diagnosis
Erect, vasiform, flabellate, ramose or massive growth forms. Surface typically rugose, with ridges, conules and other processes. Texture characteristically harsh, brittle and flexible, reflecting high ratio of silica to spongin in skeleton. Axial and extra-axial skeletons virtually undifferentiated. Choanosomal skeleton not compressed, irregularly reticulate. Spongin fibres usually massive, fully cored by oxeas, and echinated by acanthostyles. Extra-axial skeleton vestigial, consisting of individual subectosomal styles embedded in peripheral fibres, and projecting through ectosome or merely dispersed between fibres. Ectosomal skeleton usually membraneous, sometimes skin-like, typically without specialised spiculation (except in one species). Ectosomal region contains heavy deposits of type B spongin, frequently with dense deposits of pigment granules. Structural megascleres are oxeas of 1–2 sizes, together with acanthostyles, long or short subectosomal styles, and short slender ectosomal styles in one species. Microscleres absent.
ID Keys
See Family Raspailiidae Diagnosis.
Diagnosis References
Hooper, J.N.A. 2002. Family Raspailiidae Hentschel, 1923. pp. 469-510 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. [506]
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) |