Genus Pseudosuberites Topsent, 1896
- Pseudosuberites Topsent, E. 1896. Matériaux pour servir à l'étude de la faune des Spongiaires de France. Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France 9: 113-133 [125].
Type species:
Hymeniacidon hyalina Ridley & Dendy, 1887 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 [674].
Distribution
States
Queensland, Tasmania, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Arctic, NE and S Atlantic Ocean, West Indies, Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, Indian Ocean, Indo-Malayan region, Japan, New Zealand, W, central and E Pacific Oceans, Subantarctic and Antarctic.
IMCRA
Timor Province (2), Christmas Island Province (23), Northwest Transition (3), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8)
Distribution References
- Koltun, V.M. 1964. Sponges of the Antarctic. Part 1. Tetraxonida and Cornacuspongida. 6-116, 428-433 (systematic index), pls 1-15 in Pavlovskii, E.P., Andriyashev, A.P. & Ushakov, P.V. (eds). Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R., Zoological Institute: Explorations of the fauna of the seas II (X). Biological Reports of the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1955–1958). Moscow : Izdatel'stvo ‘Nauka' Vol. 2. [in Russian]
Diagnosis
Massively or thinly encrusting sponges, structured like Suberites, but with a smooth surface due to a tangential ectosomal skeleton. Consistency fleshy, due to an irregular arrangement of spicule tracts. Spicules tylostyles in a large size variation but without distinct size categories. Distribution cosmopolitan, with about 20 species described, some of which are reported to have unusually disjunct occurrence.
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) |