Genus Phycopsis Carter, 1883
- Phycopsis Carter, H.J. 1883. Contributions to our knowledge of the Spongida. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 12: 308-329 pls 11-14 [319].
Type species:
Phycopsis hirsuta Carter, 1883 by subsequent designation, see Thiele, J. 1899. Studien über pazifische Spongien. II. Ueber einige Spongien von Celebes. Zoologica (New York) 24: 1-33 pls 1-5 [11].
Distribution
States
Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-Malayan region and W Pacific Ocean.
IMCRA
Northern Shelf Province (25)
Distribution References
- Kieschnick, O. 1900. Kieselschwämme von Amboina. In Semon, R. (ed.) Zoologische Forschungsreisen in Australien und dem Malayischen Archipel ... ausgeführt in den Jahren 1891–1893, 5(5). Denkschr. Med.-Naturw. Ges. Jena 8:. Denkschriften der Medizinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena 8: 545-582 pls 44-45
Diagnosis
Branching-bushy-stipitate and stalked growth form. Surface villous with long processes as filaments; ectosome without specialised skeleton. Choanosomal skeleton differentiated into axial and extra-axial regions. Axial skeleton compressed and vaguely reticulated with close-set of spongin fibres and spicules. Extraaxial skeleton with thick spongin fibres cored by ascending multispicular tracts, radiating from central axis and ending in surface processes. Megascleres strongyles, oxeas-anisoxeas and styles (including sinuous forms), not localised in any particular area of the skeleton. Microscleres absent.
ID Keys
See Family Axinellidae Diagnosis
Diagnosis References
Alvarez De Glasby, B. & Hooper, J.N.A. 2002. Family Axinellidae Carter, 1875. pp. 724-747 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. [739]
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) |