Genus Oxytethya Sarà & Sarà, 2002
- Oxytethya Sarà, M. & Sarà, A. 2002. Three remarkable new genera of Tethyidae (Porifera, Demospongiae) from Australia. Italian Journal of Zoology 69: 163-173 [167].
Type species:
Oxytethya mirabilis Sarà & Sarà, 2002 by original designation.
Distribution
States
New South Wales
IMCRA
Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)
Diagnosis
Tethyidae with globose, subspherical or spherical body and radiate skeleton. Cortex well developed. Surface with high pinnacles and crests. Megascleres are oxeas with similar ends and widest at the middle of the spicule. Megasclere tracts branch and anastomose in the choanosome. Microscleres are represented only by micrasters, which are oxyasters, oxyspherasters, and polyrhabds.
ID Keys
See Family Tethyidae Diagnosis.
Diagnosis References
Sarà, M. 2002. Family Tethyidae Gray, 1848. pp. 245-267 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. [256]
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) |