Genus Hamigera Gray, 1867
- Hamigera 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 [536].
Type species:
Cribrella hamigera Schmidt, 1862 by monotypy.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania
Extra Distribution Information
New Zealand and Mediterranean Sea.
IMCRA
Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Distribution References
- Bergquist, P.R. & Fromont, J. 1988. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Porifera, Demospongiae, Part 4 (Poecilosclerida). New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 96: 1-197 pls 1-57 [73]
- Pulitzer-Finali, G. 1983. A collection of Mediterranean Demospongiae (Porifera) with, in appendix, a list of the Demospongiae hitherto recorded from the Mediterranean Sea. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria", Genova 84: 445-621 [610]
Diagnosis
Encrusting to massive sponges; oscules slightly elevated, rounded, pores in characteristic and conspicuous areolate porefields; ectosomal diactinal spicules form fans around areolae; choanosomal skeleton composed of plumose tracts of smooth strongyles or strongylote tornotes, which may be mixed with smooth styles or subtylostyles, with echinating smooth styles or subtylostyles; microscleres are arcuate isochelae. Half a dozen species.
ID Keys
See Family Hymedesmiidae Diagnosis.
Diagnosis References
van Soest, R.W.M. 2002. Family Hymedesmiidae Topsent, 1928. pp. 575-593 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. [578]
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) |