Subgenus Clathria (Isociella) Hallmann, 1920
- Isociella Hallmann, E.F. 1920. New genera of monaxonid sponges related to the genus Clathria. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 44: 767-792 3 figs pls 36-40 [784].
Type species:
Phakellia jacksoniana Dendy, 1887 by monotypy (as Phakellia flabellata Ridley & Dendy, 1886, junior homonym of Phakellia flabellata Carter, 1885).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-Pacific and Indo-Malayan regions.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)
Distribution References
Diagnosis
Massive, bulbous, lobate, digitate and flabellate growth forms; skeletal structure with relatively homogeneous renieroid or subrenieroid, wide-meshed reticulation; main skeleton with primary plumose ascending, multispicular tracts cored by smooth choanosomal styles, interconnected by secondary, uni- or paucispicular tracts cored by same spicules, and choanosomal spicules sometimes diverging and forming plumose brushes at surface; echinating megascleres absent; ectosomal skeleton with single category of auxiliary spicule, tangential, paratangential. Microscleres palmate-derived isochelae and toxas.
ID Keys
See Family Microcionidae Diagnosis
Diagnosis References
Hooper, J.N.A. 2002. Family Microcionidae Carter, 1875. pp. 432-468 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. [446]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29-Mar-2018 | 15-Dec-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 29-Mar-2018 | 19-Apr-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 29-Mar-2018 | 13-Apr-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |