Genus Pericharax Poléjaeff, 1884
- Pericharax Poléjaeff, N. 1884. Report on the Keratosa 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 11: 1-88 pls 1-10 [29].
Type species:
Pericharax heteroraphis Poléjaeff, 1884 by subsequent designation, see Dendy, A. & Row, R.W.H. 1913. The classification and phylogeny of the calcareous sponges, with a reference list of all the described species, systematically arranged. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1913: 704-813 [735].
Distribution
States
Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indian Ocean, Indo-Malayan region, Subantarctic, S Atlantic and West Indies.
IMCRA
Southwest Shelf Province (31), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Distribution References
Diagnosis
Leucettidae with a large central atrium surrounded by a thick wall. The wall is divided into a choanoderm and a thin subcortical layer of inhalant cavities supported by a peculiar skeleton partially composed of centripetal actines of the special cortical triactines.
ID Keys
See Order Clathrinida Diagnosis
Diagnosis References
Borojevic, R., Boury-Esnault, N., Manuel, M. & Vacelet, J. 2002. Order Clathrinida Hartman, 1958. pp. 1141-1152 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. [1151]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 20-Dec-2011 | 20-Dec-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 23-Feb-2012 | MODIFIED |