Genus Ptilocaulis Carter, 1883
- Ptilocaulis Carter, H.J. 1883. Contributions to our knowledge of the Spongida. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 12: 308-329 pls 11-14 [321].
Type species:
Ptilocaulis gracilis Carter, 1883 by subsequent designation, see 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 [127]. - Plicatella Schmidt, E.O. 1864. Supplement der Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. Enthaltend die Histiologie und systematische Ergänzungen. Leipzig : Engelmann 48 pp. 4 pls. [39] [junior homonym of Plicatella Swainson, 1840 (Mollusca)].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Hooper, J.N.A. & Lévi, C. 1993. Axinellida from the New Caledonian lagoon (Porifera: Demospongiae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 7(6): 1395-1472 [1426]
Distribution
States
Tasmania
Extra Distribution Information
New Caledonia, amphi-Atlantic, Red Sea, Indian Ocean, Indo-Malayan region and W Pacific Ocean.
IMCRA
Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)
Distribution References
Diagnosis
Clavate, branching, bushy or lamellate growth form. Surface covered by scopiform (i.e. flattened and spatula-shaped (Carter 1833)) processes; ectosome without specialised skeleton. Choanosomal skeleton differentiated in axial and extra-axial regions; axial skeleton vaguely reticulated; extra-axial skeleton irregularly reticulated with ascending fibrofascicles cored with styles and ending in surface processes. Megascleres are styles generally in two size categories; occasionally oxeas or anisoxeas. Microscleres absent.
ID Keys
See Family Axinellidae Diagnosis
Diagnosis References
Alvarez De Glasby, B. & Hooper, J.N.A. 2002. Family Axinellidae Carter, 1875. pp. 724-747 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. [741]
General References
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 [132]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 29-Mar-2018 | 15-Dec-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 29-Mar-2018 | 13-Apr-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |