Genus Inflatella Schmidt, 1875
- Inflatella Schmidt, E.O. 1875. Spongien. Jahresbericht der Commission zur Wissenchaftlichen Untersuchung der Deutschen Meere in Kiel 2: 115-120 pl. 1 [117].
Type species:
Inflatella pellicula Schmidt, 1875 by monotypy. - Joyeuxia Topsent, E. 1890. Notice préliminaire sur les Spongiaires recueillies durant les campagnes de l'Hirondelle (1886–1887–1888) Golfe de Gascogne, Açores, Terre Neuve. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 15: 26-32, 65-71 [29].
Type species:
Joyeuxia vividis Topsent, 1890 by monotypy.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Lundbeck, W. 1910. Porifera (Part III). Desmacidonidae (pars). Danish Ingolf-Expedition 6(3): 1-124 pls 1-11 [18]
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
West Indian region, Arctic Ocean, NE Atlantic Ocean, New Zealand, N Pacific, Antarctic and Subantarctic.
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
- Koltun, V.M. 1964. Sponges of the Antarctic. Part 1. Tetraxonida and Cornacuspongida. 6-116, 428-433 (systematic index), pls 1-15 in Pavlovskii, E.P., Andriyashev, A.P. & Ushakov, P.V. (eds). Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R., Zoological Institute: Explorations of the fauna of the seas II (X). Biological Reports of the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1955–1958). Moscow : Izdatel'stvo ‘Nauka' Vol. 2. [in Russian]
- Topsent, E. 1892. Contribution à l'étude des Spongiaires de l'Atlantique Nord. Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco 2: 1-165 11 pls
- Topsent, E. 1928. Spongiaires de l'Atlantique et de la Méditerranée provenant des croisières du Prince Albert Ier de Monaco. Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco 74: 1-376 11 pls
- 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
Diagnosis
Massive, spherical with erect fistules; ectosomal skeleton a compact tangential crust of diactinal spicules; choanosomal skeleton consists of thin tracts of scattered diactinal spicules, the same as on the surface; diactinal megascleres are of a single sort, being smooth ectosomal strongyles or anisotylotes; microscleres absent. Half a dozen species.
ID Keys
See Family Coelosphaeridae Diagnosis.
Diagnosis References
van Soest, R.W.M. 2002. Family Coelosphaeridae Dendy, 1922. pp. 528-546 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. [538]
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) |