Genus Leiosella Lendenfeld, 1888
- Leiosella Lendenfeld, R. von 1888. Descriptive Catalogue of the Sponges in the Australian Museum, Sydney. London : Taylor & Francis 260 pp. 12 pls. [120] [invalid subsequent designation of type species by 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). Publications of the Carnegie Institute Washington 30: 1–225 22 pls 1 map (21), since Leiosella elegans Lendenfeld, 1889 was not included in 1888 and dates from 1889].
Type species:
Euspongia levis Lendenfeld, 1885 by subsequent designation, see Wiedenmayer, F. in Hooper, J.N.A. & Wiedenmayer, F. 1994. Porifera. pp. 1-620 in Wells, A. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia Vol. 12 xiii 624 pp. [Date published 21/Nov/1994].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
S Africa, New Zealand and E Pacific.
IMCRA
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), 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
Caliculate, lobed, flabellate or ramose sponges, with a thin, regular sand armour. Primary and secondary fibres make up the fibre skeleton. Primary fibres are usually lightly cored and may be fascicular where they form out of the secondary skeleton, or just below the sponge surface. The fibre skeleton is dominated by the characteristic dense secondary reticulum of thick fibres (Fig. 2G). The consistency of these sponges is firm and compressible.
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. [1057]
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) |