Genus Hemitedania Hallmann, 1914
- Hemitedania Hallmann, E.F. 1914. A revision of the monaxonid species described as new in Lendenfeld's 'Catalogue of the sponges in the Australian Museum'. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 39(Part 3): 398–446 23 figs [431] [may be a synonym of Tedania Wilson, 1891].
Type species:
Amorphina anonyma Carter, 1886 by monotypy.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
West Indian region and Indian Ocean.
IMCRA
Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)
Distribution References
- Dendy, A. 1922. Report on the Sigmatotetraxonida collected by H.M.S. Sealark in the Indian Ocean. In Report of the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905. Vol. 7. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 2nd Series Zoology 18: 1-164 pls 1-18 [101]
- van Soest, R.W.M. 1984. Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part III. Poecilosclerida. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 66(199): 1-167 pls 1-10 [53]
Diagnosis
Massive; ectosomal skeleton reticulate but without any specialised spicules; choanosomal skeleton composed of plumoreticulate fibres cored by smooth choanosomal oxeas, occasionally with an arenaceous skeleton; oxeas sharply pointed, of a single category; microscleres one or more size categories of onychaetes. Distribution. New South Wales and Victoria, two species.
ID Keys
See Family Tedaniidae Diagnosis.
Diagnosis References
van Soest, R.W.M. 2002. Family Tedaniidae Ridley & Dendy, 1886. pp. 625-632 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. [626]
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) |