Genus Neofibularia Hechtel, 1965
- Neofibularia Hechtel, G.J. 1965. A systematic study of the Demospongiae of Port Royal, Jamaica. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 20: i-iv 1-103 8 pls [22] [nom. nov. for Fibularia Carter, 1882].
- Fibularia Carter, H.J. 1882. Some sponges from the West Indies and Acapulco in the Liverpool Free Museum described, with general and classificatory remarks. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 9: 266-301, 346-368 pls 11-12 [282] [junior homonym; junior homonym of Fibularia Lamarck, 1816 (Echinodermata)].
Type species:
Fibularia massa Carter, 1882 by subsequent designation, see Hechtel, G.J. 1965. A systematic study of the Demospongiae of Port Royal, Jamaica. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 20: i-iv 1-103 8 pls [22].Secondary source:
Hechtel, G.J. 1965. A systematic study of the Demospongiae of Port Royal, Jamaica. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 20: i-iv 1-103 8 pls [22].
Distribution
States
Queensland, South Australia
Extra Distribution Information
West Indian region.
IMCRA
Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Distribution References
- Hooper, J.N.A. & Lévi, C. 1993. Poecilosclerida from the New Caledonian lagoon (Porifera: Demospongiae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 7(5): 1221-1302
- 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 [141, 142]
- Wiedenmayer, F. 1977. Shallow-water Sponges of the Western Bahamas. Basel : Birkhäuser (Experientia Suppl. 28) 287 pp. 43 pls. [148]
Diagnosis
Massive or tubular sponges with irregular surface. All species are toxic sponges causing severe dermatitis. Irregular isodictyal choanosomal skeleton. Megascleres diactinal (strongyles, oxeas) or sometimes styles; microscleres sigmas, raphides, microxeas and commata. Four species have been described from tropical Atlantic and West Pacific locations.
ID Keys
See Family Desmacellidae Diagnosis.
Diagnosis References
Hajdu, E. & van Soest, R.W.M. 2002. Family Desmacellidae Ridley & Dendy, 1886. pp. 642-650 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. [648]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29-Mar-2018 | PORIFERA Grant, 1836 | 05-Oct-2017 | MODIFIED | Dr Kathryn Hall |
| 29-Mar-2018 | 15-Dec-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 29-Mar-2018 | 13-Apr-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |