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Genus Hyattella Lendenfeld, 1888

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

West Indian region, Red Sea, Indian Ocean, Indo-Malayan region, Japan and W Pacific.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Distribution References

Diagnosis

These sponges produce upright, tubular or low, spreading forms. Some species are buried in the substratum, with oscule bearing fistules protruding from the sediment. The surface is unarmoured and conulose. The whole sponge is often very lacunose, both through the sponge body and across the surface (Fig. 2A–C). The fibre skeleton comprises regularly spaced, cored primary fibres and a dense, regular network of uncored secondary fibres (Fig. 2D). There is also a fine-meshed, tangential, dermal fibre reticulum. The consistency is firm and compressible, with a coarse texture. Typically pale yellow to orange-brown.

 

ID Keys

See Family Spongiidae Diagnosis

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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)