Genus Petrosia Vosmaer, 1885
Taxonomic Decision for Subgeneric Arrangement
- Desqueyroux-Faundez, R. & Valentine, C. 2002. Family Petrosiidae Van Soest, 1980. pp. 906-917 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. [907]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Amphi-Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, Indian Ocean, Indo-Malayan region, New Zealand and Japan.
IMCRA
Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)
Distribution References
- Bergquist, P.R. & Warne, K.P. 1980. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Porifera, Demospongiae, Part 3 (Haplosclerida and Nepheliospongida). Memoirs of the New Zealand Oceanographic Institute 87: 1-77 17 pls 4 figs
- Desqueyroux-Faundez, R. 1987. Description de la faune des Petrosida (Porifera) de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. II. Petrosiidae-Oceanapiidae. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 94(1): 177-243
- 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
- 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
- Vosmaer, G.C.J. 1885. Porifera. In Bronn, H.G. Die Klassen und Ordnungen des Thierreichs 2: 177-368 pls 19-25 [338]
- Weerdt, W.H. de 1985. A systematic revision of the north eastern Atlantic shallow-water Haplosclerida (Porifera, Demospongiae), Part 1: Introduction, Oceanapiidae and Petrosiidae. Beaufortia 35(5): 61-91
Diagnosis
Petrosiidae with a tangential specialised ectosomal unispicular network (subgenus Petrosia) or a very dense irregular tangential ectosomal reticulation of free strongyles of different sizes, mostly large microxeas (subgenus Strongylophora). Choanosomal skeleton a dense network of thickly crowded spicule tracts producing rounded meshes. A dense interstitial reticulation of free spicules gives the sponge a stony texture. Megascleres include oxeas and strongyles or only strongyles. Microscleres present or absent, when present are centrangulate microxeas.
ID Keys
See Family Petrosiidae Diagnosis.
Diagnosis References
Desqueyroux-Faundez, R. & Valentine, C. 2002. Family Petrosiidae Van Soest, 1980. pp. 906-917 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. [911]
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) |