Genus Hippospongia Schulze, 1879
- Hippospongia Schulze, F.E. 1879. Untersuchungen über den Bau und die Entwicklung der Spongien. Siebente Mittheilung. Die Familie der Spongidae. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie 32: 593-660 pls 34-38 [614].
Type species:
Spongia equina Schmidt, 1862 by monotypy. - Aphrodite Lendenfeld, R. von 1885. A monograph of the Australian sponges. Part 5. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 10: 282-325 pls 26-35 [306] [junior homonym of Aphrodite Leske, 1775 (Polychaeta), Aphrodite Link, 1907 (Mollusca), Aphrodite Hübner, 1819 (Lepidoptera) and Aphrodite Lea, 1834 (Mollusca)].
Type species:
Aphrodite nardorus Lendenfeld, 1885 by monotypy. - Hippiospongia Laubenfels, M.W. de 1936. A discussion of the sponge fauna of the Dry Tortugas in particular, and the West Indies in general, with material for a revision of the families and orders of the Porifera. (Tortugas Lab. Paper No. 467). Publication of the Carnegie Institution of Washington Washington 30: 1-225 22 pls 1 map [11] [unnecessary replacement name following the generally unaccepted merging of Hippospongia de Laubenfels, 1936 in Spongia Linnaeus, 1759 by Burton, M. 1934. Sponges. Science Reports of the Geat Barrier Reef Expedition 4: 513–621 pls 1–2].
Type species:
Hippiospongia lachne de Laubenfels, 1936 by original designation.Secondary source:
Burton, M. 1934. Sponges. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 4: 513-621 pls 1-2 [574]; Topsent, E. 1937. Notes diverses sur des Eponges. Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique Monaco 722: 1-15 [13].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Bergquist, P.R. 1980. A revision of the supraspecific classification of the orders Dictyoceratida, Dendroceratida and Verongida (Class Demospongiae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 7: 443-503 figs 1-25 pls [452]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
West Indies, Mediterranean Sea, S Africa, Indian Ocean, Indo-Malayan region and W Pacific.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)
Distribution References
Diagnosis
Spongiidae with a highly-developed fibre network characterised by the almost complete absence of primary fibres, which occur only superficially, and may be lightly cored. The tangled network of uncored secondary fibres forms the skeleton, which is supple and elastic. Species of Hippospongia are characterised by cavernous construction throughout (Fig. 1H), formed by numerous surface lacunae covered by pinacoderm and large diameter oscules (Fig. 1G) which maintain their diameter into the body of the sponge. The surface is conulose, each conule formed by one to several emergent fibres, forming a tuft or brush. When the skeleton is macerated and dried, the sponges appear coarsely hirsute, in contrast to the finely conulose surface of Spongia species. These sponges are dark-pigmented, and are never armoured.
ID Keys
See Family Spongiidae Diagnosis
Diagnosis References
Cook, S.D.C. & Bergquist, P.R. 2002. Family Spongiidae Gray, 1867. pp. 1051-1060 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. [1055]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 29-Mar-2018 | 15-Dec-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 29-Mar-2018 | 13-Apr-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |