Genus Plicatellopsis Burton, 1932
- Plicatellopsis Burton, M. 1932. Sponges. Discovery Reports 6: 237-392 56 figs pls 48-57 [332].
Type species:
Plicatellopsis arborescens Burton, 1932 by original designation.
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
Subantarctic and E Pacific Ocean.
Distribution References
- Burton, M. 1932. Sponges. Discovery Reports 6: 237-392 56 figs pls 48-57 [332]
Diagnosis
Thickly branched ramose or irregularly flabellate sponges. Branches with rounded tips, surface microhispid. Surface skeleton consists of the usual brushes of smaller megascleres forming a palisade together with the endings of megasclere bundles of the extraaxial skeleton. The latter originate from the axial skeleton and traverse the extra-axial region towards the surface. Choanosomal skeleton a concentration of aligned or irregularly reticulated spicule bundles. Megascleres tylostyles (Burton, 1932b: 333 states that the type species has styles – and also figures them as such in text-fig. 37b, cf. fig. 5C – but subsequent examination of the type material revealed only tylostyles, be it with small tyles). The genus is so far only recorded from southern oceans: Falkland Islands, Patagonia, Antarctica, possibly South Australia, approximately 6–7 described species.
ID Keys
See Family Suberitidae Diagnosis.
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) |