Genus Niphates Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
- Niphates Duchassaing, F.P. de & Michelotti, G. 1864. Spongiaires de la mer Caraïbe. Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Bataafsche Hollandsche Maatschappye der Wetenschappen te Haarlem 2 21: 1-124 pls 1-25 [93].
Type species:
Niphates erecta Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 by subsequent designation, see Wiedenmayer, F. 1977. Shallow-water Sponges of the Western Bahamas. Basel : Birkhäuser (Experientia Suppl. 28) 287 pp. 43 pls. [95].
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
West Indian region, Indo-Malayan region and W Pacific Ocean.
IMCRA
Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Distribution References
- van Soest, R.W.M. 1980. Marine sponges from Curaçao and other Caribbean localities. Part II. Haplosclerida. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 62(191): 1-173 49 figs 18 pls [35, 42]
- 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] (tentative compilation, pending revision of
Pachychalina Schmidt, 1868 and other poorly known haplosclerids)
Diagnosis
Massive-vasiform, funnel-shaped to tubular or ramose growth forms (Fig. 8A). Surface conulose to spiny, irregularly smooth to rough, produced by primary longitudinal fibres ending on surface. Oscules numerous, irregularly distributed, flush with the surface or slightly raised. Consistency spongy to rigid, tough, firm. Ectosomal skeleton is a tangential network of secondary fibres, obscured by protruding tufts of primary fibres. Microscleres are rare sigmas. Choanosomal skeleton an irregularly diverging reticulum of pauci- to multispicular primary longitudinal fibres, abundantly ramified, (Fig. 8B) to form fibrofascicles and irregular branches ascending to the surface. Interconnecting secondary fibres pauci- to multispiculate, well developed to form rounded to irregular meshes. Spongin dominant, abundant and covering the spicules (Fig. 8C). Megascleres oxeas (Fig. 8D). Microscleres sigmata, present or absent.
ID Keys
See Family Niphatidae Diagnosis
Diagnosis References
Desqueyroux-Faundez, R. & Valentine, C. 2002. Family Niphatidae Van Soest, 1980. pp. 874-890 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. [886]
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) |