Genus Poecillastra Sollas, 1888
- Nethea Sollas, W.J. 1888. Report on the Tetractinellida collected by H.M.S. Challenger, during the years 1873–1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 25(63): clxvi 1-458 44 pls 1 map [103] [junior homonym of Nethea von Buch, 1839 (Mollusca)].
Type species:
Tisiphonia nana Carter, 1880 by monotypy. - [Normania] Norman, A.M. 1869. Shetland final dredging report. Part II. On the Crustacea, Tunicata, Polyzoa, Echinodermata, Actinozoa, Hydrozoa, and Porifera. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science (Oxford) 38(1868): 247-336 [328] [junior homonym of Normania Brady, 1866 (Crustacea)].
Type species:
Normania crassa Bowerbank, 1869 by monotypy. - Poecillastra Sollas, W.J. 1888. Report on the Tetractinellida collected by H.M.S. Challenger, during the years 1873–1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 25(63): clxvi 1-458 44 pls 1 map [cxxix] [junior objective synonym of Normania Norman, 1869].
Type species:
Normania crassa 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 [182].
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
Indian Ocean, Indo-Malayan region, N Pacific Ocean, (Japan to Bering Sea Canada), Pacific Ocean (Galapagos), NE Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea and Southern Ocean.
Distribution References
- Boury-Esnault, N. & Beveren, M. van 1982. Les démosponges du plateau continental de Kerguelen-Heard. Comité national français des Recherches Antarctiques 52: 1-132 21 pls [19]
- Burton, M. 1930. Norwegian sponges from the Norman Collection. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1930: 487-546 [487]
- Burton, M. 1959. Sponges. Scientific Reports of the John Murray Expedition 10(5): 151-281 41 figs [182]
- Koltun, V.M. 1966. The Tetraxonida of the northern and fareastern seas of the U.S.S.R. pp. 1-112 38 pls in, Keys to the Fauna of the U.S.S.R. Published by the Zoological Institute, Akademia Nauk SSSR Moscow : Izdatel'stvo ‘Nauka'. [in Russian] [15]
- Lendenfeld, R. von 1903. Tetraxonia. In Schulze, F.E. (ed.) Das Tierreich. Berlin : Friedländer Lf 19 168 pp. 44 figs. [76]
- Sollas, W.J. 1888. Report on the Tetractinellida collected by H.M.S. Challenger, during the years 1873–1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 25(63): clxvi 1-458 44 pls 1 map [98]
- Topsent, E. 1904. Spongiaires des Açores. Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco 25: 1-280 18 pls [89]
Diagnosis
Pachastrellidae whose megascleres are calthrops and/or shortshafted triaenes scattered through the whole choanosome. Microscleres consist of microxeas, always in a single size category, and several streptaster types, always including small spirasters and large plesiasters (transitional to metasters or amphiasters) with scarce, long actines.
ID Keys
See Family Pachastrellidae Diagnosis.
Diagnosis References
Maldonado, M. 2002. Family Pachastrellidae Carter, 1875. pp. 141-162 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. [154]
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) |