Genus Prosuberites Topsent, 1893
- Prosuberites Topsent, E. 1893. Nouvelle série de diagnoses d'Eponges de Roscoff et de Banyuls. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale 1(1893, Notes Rev): xxxiii-xliii [xlii].
Type species:
Prosuberites longispina Topsent, 1893 by subsequent designation, see Burton, M. 1930. Additions to the sponge fauna of the Gulf of Manaar. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10 5: 665-676 [675].
Distribution
States
Queensland, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Amphi-Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, Japan, central and E Pacific Ocean.
IMCRA
Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Distribution References
Diagnosis
Thinly encrusting sponges with hispid surface. Skeleton consisting of single, long, tylostyles oriented perpendicularly to the substrate, heads embedded in a basal plate of spongin. Spicules tylostyles of variable size, but no distinctly localised size categories. A dozen or more species, distributed over most ocean regions.
ID Keys
See Family Suberitidae Diagnosis.
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |