Genus Lendenfeldia Bergquist, 1980
- Lendenfeldia 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 [456].
Type species:
Phyllospongia dendyi frondosa Lendenfeld, 1889 by original designation.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Red Sea?, Indian Ocean, Indo-Malayan region and W Pacific.
IMCRA
Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), 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
Lamellate or lamello-digitate forms (Fig. 8A–B), with an unarmoured, finely conulose surface. The skeleton comprises primary, secondary and tertiary fibres (Fig. 8C). Primary fibres are cored with debris, are often fasciculate, and tend to be meandering, rather than clearly arranged as ascending fibres. Secondary and tertiary fibres are uncored, and form an irregular mesh. The tertiary fibre skeleton is not as fine as that of Fenestraspongia, nor as dense as in either Luffariella or Fenestraspongia. The consistency is soft, compressible and fleshy.
ID Keys
See Subfamily Phyllospongiinae Diagnosis
Diagnosis References
Cook, S.D.C. & Bergquist, P.R. 2002. Family Thorectidae Bergquist, 1978. pp. 1028-1050 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. [1047]
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) |