Genus Reniochalina Lendenfeld, 1888
- Reniochalina Lendenfeld, R. von 1888. Descriptive Catalogue of the Sponges in the Australian Museum, Sydney. London : Taylor & Francis 260 pp. 12 pls. [82].
Type species:
Reniochalina stalagmitis Lendenfeld, 1888 by subsequent designation, see Hallmann, E.F. 1914. A revision of the monaxonid species described as new in Lendenfeld's 'Catalogue of the sponges in the Australian Museum'. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 39(Part 2): 327–376 12 figs [347]. - Axiamon Hallmann, E.F. 1914. A revision of the monaxonid species described as new in Lendenfeld's 'Catalogue of the sponges in the Australian Museum'. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 39(Part 3): 398–446 23 figs [440] [junior objective synonym, based on rejection by Hallmann, E.F. 1914. A revision of the monaxonid species described as new in Lendenfeld's ‘Catalogue of the sponges in the Australian Museum’. Part 2. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 39: 327–376 12 figs (346) of the validity of the type material of Reniochalina Lendenfeld, 1888, being incompatible with original diagnosis and descriptions; Hallmann's argument is here rejected, being based on subjective criteria].
Type species:
Axiamon folium Hallmann, 1914 by monotypy.
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 [1403]
Distribution
States
Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
New Zealand, New Caledonia.
IMCRA
Timor Province (2), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)
Distribution References
Diagnosis
Branching or fan-shaped, occasionally lobate, growth form. Surface covered by flattened (spatulate) long processes. Ectosome without specialised skeleton. Choanosomal skeleton differentiated into axial and extra-axial regions, projecting into surface processes. Extra-axial skeleton reticulated with ascending spongin fibres, interconnected at all angles by single spicules or short fibres, or anastomosing and forming oval to round meshes; spongin fibres cored with paucispicular spicular tracts, sometimes plumose; axial skeleton slightly condensed and reticulated as in extra-axial region. Megascleres are oxeas-anisoxeas with tips surmounted by microspines, which are rudimentary or absent; occasionally styles or styloids. 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. [745]
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) |