Genus Psammoclema Marshall, 1880
- Psammascus Marshall, W. 1880. Untersuchungen über Dysideiden und Phoriospongien. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie 35: 88-129 pls 6-8 [92].
Type species:
Psammascus decipiens Marshall, 1880 by monotypy. - Psammoclema Marshall, W. 1880. Untersuchungen über Dysideiden und Phoriospongien. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie 35: 88-129 pls 6-8 [109].
Type species:
Psammoclema ramosum Marshall, 1880 by monotypy. - Psammopemma Marshall, W. 1880. Untersuchungen über Dysideiden und Phoriospongien. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie 35: 88-129 pls 6-8 [113].
Type species:
Psammopemma densum Marshall, 1880 by monotypy. - Sarcocornea Carter, H.J. 1885. Description of sponges from the neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads, South Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 15: 196-222 [214].
Type species:
Sarcocornea nodosa Carter, 1885 by monotypy.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Wiedenmayer, F. in Hooper, J.N.A. & Wiedenmayer, F. 1994. Porifera. pp. 1-620 in Wells, A. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia Vol. 12 xiii 624 pp. [Date published 21/Nov/1994] [175]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
(NW Atlantic), (Mediterranean Sea), Red Sea, Indian Ocean and New Zealand.
IMCRA
Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), 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)
Distribution References
- Dendy, A. 1905. Report on the sponges collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. 57-246 pls 1-16 in Herdman, W.A. (ed.). Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar. London : Royal Society Vol. 3 Suppl. 18. [210]
- Lendenfeld, R. von 1889. A Monograph of the Horny Sponges. London : Trübner & Co. 936 pp. 17 figs 50 pls. [638]
- Lévi, C. 1958. Résultats scientifiques des campagnes de la Calypso. Campagne 1951–1952 en Mer Rouge. Spongiaires de Mer Rouge recueillies par la Calypso (1951–1952). Annales de l'Institut Océanographie, Monaco & Paris ns 34: 3-46 [43]
- Poléjaeff, N. 1884. Report on the Keratosa collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 11: 1-88 pls 1-10 [46]
- Pulitzer-Finali, G. & Pronzato, R. 1980. The Keratosa in a collection of Mediterranean sponges mainly from the Italian coasts. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria", Genova 83: 127-158 [135] (possibly a junior synonym of Dysidea Johnston, 1842)
Diagnosis
Ramose and massive growth forms; ectosomal skeleton arenaceous, detatchable; choanosomal skeleton dendritic tracts composed only of sand grains united by spongin, or amorphously packed with sand; no megascleres or microscleres. Half a dozen species.
ID Keys
See Family Chondropsidae Diagnosis.
Diagnosis References
van Soest, R.W.M. 2002. Family Chondropsidae Carter, 1886. pp. 521-527 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. [524]
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) |