Genus Ectyoplasia Topsent, 1930
- Ectyoplasia Topsent, E. 1930. Eponges de Lamarck conservées au Muséum de Paris. Archives du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 6 5: 1-56 4 figs pls 1-4 [23].
Type species:
Spongia tabula Lamarck, 1814 by original designation.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
West Indian region.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)
Distribution References
- Hooper, J.N.A. 1991. Revision of the family Raspailiidae (Porifera: Demospongiae), with descriptions of Australian species. Invertebrate Taxonomy 5(6): 1179-1418 [1273]
- Wiedenmayer, F. 1977. Shallow-water Sponges of the Western Bahamas. Basel : Birkhäuser (Experientia Suppl. 28) 287 pp. 43 pls. [158]
Diagnosis
Flabellate, flattened arborescent or tubular growth form, with even or slightly corrugated hispid surface. Choanosomal skeleton slightly compressed axial reticulation of spongin fibres cored by styles or anixoxeas, echinated by clavulate acanthostyles; subectosomal extra-axial skeleton of radially arranged plumose ascending tracts, composed of undifferentiated choanosomal styles protruding through ectosome, interconnected by uni- or paucispicular transverse spicule tracts producing regular reticulation; ectosomal region with a specialised skeleton of small styles or anisoxeas typically forming brushes around choanosomal styles at surface, but sometimes lying tangential to surface. Structural megascleres styles or rhabdostyles of two sizes, sometimes with anisoxeote or strongylote modifications; echinating spicules always acanthostyles with clavulate points; 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. [483]
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) |