Genus Rhaphoxya Hallmann, 1917
- [Acanthellina] Carter, H.J. 1885. Description of sponges from the neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads, South Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 16: 347-368 [365] [nomen oblitum, ICZN 50 year rule].
Type species:
Acanthellina rugolineata Carter, 1885 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 [139]. - Rhaphoxya Hallmann, E.F. 1917. A revision of the genera with microscleres included, or provisionally included, in the family Axinellidae, with descriptions of some Australian species. Part 3. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 41: 634-675 4 figs pls 29/3, 5-6, 33/6, 38/5 [641].
Type species:
Rhaphoxya typica Hallmann, 1917 by original designation.
Distribution
States
Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Red Sea, Indian Ocean, E Pacific Ocean and West Indian region.
IMCRA
Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Distribution References
- Burton, M. 1932. Sponges. Discovery Reports 6: 237-392 56 figs pls 48-57
- Dickinson, M.G. 1945. Sponges of the Gulf of California. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions 11(1): 1-55 pls 1-97 [30]
Diagnosis
Massive to thickly flabellate; surface shiny and conulose. Ectosome fleshy without special skeleton. Choanosome cavernous with a lax skeleton of wavy and anastomosing bundles of spicules reinforced with spongin. Spicules are anisoxeas and styles with telescoped ends. Raphides and trichodragmata may be present. Distribution of the genus exclusively Australia. Seven nominal species.
ID Keys
See Family Dictyonellidae Diagnosis
Diagnosis References
van Soest, R.W.M., Erpenbeck, D. & Alvarez De Glasby, B. 2002. Family Dictyonellidae Van Soest, Diaz & Pomponi, 1990. pp. 773-786 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. [780]
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) |