Genus Neoaulocystis Zhuravleva, 1962
- Neoaulocystis Rezvoy, P.D., Zhuravleva, I.T. & Koltun, V.M. 1962. Porifera. pp. 17-74 in Sokolov, B.S. (ed.). Osnovy Paleontologii. SSSR : Akademia Nauk Vol. 2. [44] [nom. nov. for Aulocystis Schulze, 1886].
- Aulocystis Schulze, F.E. 1886. Ueber den Bau und des System der Hexactinelliden. Abhandlungen der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Berlin 1886: 1-97 [87] [junior homonym of Aulocystis Schlüter, 1885 (a fossil cnidarian)].
Type species:
Myliusia grayi Bowerbank, 1869 by subsequent designation, see 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). Publication of the Carnegie Institution of Washington Washington 30: 1-225 22 pls 1 map [187].
Distribution
States
Northern Territory
Extra Distribution Information
West Indian region, Indo-Malayan region and Red Sea.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northwest Transition (3)
Distribution References
Diagnosis
Overall body form massive without detectable axial vestibule, or calicular with a central vestibule; upper surface may be enclosed in a cover as either an incomplete, dense, mat of interdigitating but unfused dermalia with elongate tangential rays or a solid crust of spicules embedded in a thick silica matrix; dermalia and atrialia are pentactins either entirely rough or ornamented only at ray tips; axial atrium if present may be lined by hexactins; dermalia with elongated proximal rays occur as prostalia (often as straight rods without centrum and tangential rays); besides microscleres, choanosomals include small rough hexactins.
ID Keys
See Family Aulocystidae Diagnosis.
Diagnosis References
Reiswig, H. 2002. Family Aulocystidae Sollas, 1887. pp. 1378-1382 in Hooper, J.N.A. & Soest, R.W.M. Van (eds). Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers Vol. 2. [1379]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11-Sep-2020 | HEXACTINELLIDA Schmidt, 1870 | 02-May-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 29-Mar-2018 | 28-Feb-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 29-Mar-2018 | 15-Apr-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |