Genus Pheronema Leidy, 1868

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• Pheronema Leidy, J. 1868. Description of Pheronema annae, a new species of sponge. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia Biology and Microscopy Section 1869: 9-10 [9].

  Type species:

   Pheronema annae Leidy, 1868 by original designation.

  Secondary source:

   Reiswig, H.M. 1992. First Hexactinellida (Porifera) (glass sponges) from the Great Australian Bight. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 26: 25-36 [25].

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Central Western Province (6)

Distribution References

Diagnosis

Body is cup-like, hemispherical or spherical. Prostalia lateralia or oscularia may be absent. Basalia are usually in several separate tufts or in one broad and loose tuft. Choanosomal, hypodermal and hypoatrial spicules are mainly pentactines. Uncinates are represented by three types. Prostalia lateralia are usually scepters. Prostalia basalia are usually two-toothed anchors, rarely together with oxyoidal monaxones. Dermalia, atrialia and canalaria are pinular pentactines, rarely hexactines. Microscleres are various amphidiscs and microhexactines, micropentactines, rarely microstauractines.

 

ID Keys

See Family Pheronomatidae Diagnosis

 

Diagnosis References

Tabachnick, K. & Menshenina, L. L. 2002. Family Pheronematidae Gray, 1870. pp. 1267-1280 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. [1268]

 

History of changes

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