Genus Pione Gray, 1867
- Pione Gray, J.E. 1867. Notes on the arrangement of sponges, with the description of some new genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867: 492-558 pls 27-28 [525].
Type species:
Cliona northumbrica Hancock, 1849 by monotypy. - Archaeocliona Czerniavsky, V. 1880. Littoral sponges of the Black and Caspian Seas. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 54(2): 243 [243].
Type species:
Cliona labrynthica Hancock, 1849 by original designation. - Gapoda 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 [144].
Type species:
Raphyrus hixoni Lendenfeld, 1886 by original designation.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Moreton Bay, QLD; probably cosmopolitan.
IMCRA
Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Diagnosis
Sponges in alpha- and beta-forms. Delicate tylostyes as megascleres, accompanied by microspined (rarely smooth) microxea and microspined microrhabds as microscleres. Microrhabds are usually straight or bent but may also be centrotylote and sinuose. Microxeas do not have a particular location or orientation in the tissue.
ID Keys
See Family Clionaidae Diagnosis.
Diagnosis References
Rützler, K. 2002. Family Clionaidae D'Orbigny, 1851. pp. 173-185 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. [180]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29-Mar-2018 | PORIFERA Grant, 1836 | 27-Mar-2018 | MODIFIED | Dr Kathryn Hall |
| 29-Mar-2018 | DEMOSPONGIAE Sollas, 1885 | 17-Sep-2014 | MODIFIED | ABRS |
| 29-Mar-2018 | 15-Dec-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 29-Mar-2018 | 13-Apr-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |