Genus Rossella Carter, 1872
- Rossella Carter, H.J. 1872. On two new sponges from the Antarctic Sea, and on a new species of Tethya from Shetland; together with observations on the reproduction of sponges commencing from zygosis of the sponge-animal. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 9: 409-435 pls 20-22 [414].
Type species:
Rossella antarctica Carter, 1872 by monotypy. - Aulorossella Kirkpatrick, R. 1907. Porifera. I. Hexactinellida. National Antarctic Expedition 1901–1904. Natural History London : British Museum Vol. 3 1–25 7 pls. [14].
Type species:
Aulorossella levis Kirkpatrick, 1907 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 [190].
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
SW, S, central, N, E Atlantic, Antarctic, Subantarctic and Southern Ocean.
IMCRA
Norfolk Island Province (21), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23)
Distribution References
- Burton, M. 1954. Sponges. In The Rosaura Expedition, Pt. 5. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 2: 215-239 pl. 9 [218]
- Ijima, I. 1927. The Hexactinellida of the Siboga Expedition. 1-383 26 pls in Weber, M.W.C. (ed.). Siboga-Expeditie, livr. 106, monogr. 6. Leiden : J.E. Brill. [374]
- Koltun, V.M. 1976. Porifera. Part I. Antarctic sponges. Report of the British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition, 1928–31 B Zoology & Botany 9(4): 147-198 pls 1-3 [165]
- Topsent, E. 1928. Spongiaires de l'Atlantique et de la Méditerranée provenant des croisières du Prince Albert Ier de Monaco. Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco 74: 1-376 11 pls [76]
Diagnosis
Body is saccular, thick-walled, basiphytose or lophophytose. Choanosomal skeleton is composed of diactines and rarely accompanied by hexactines. Hypodermal spicules are pentactines which can be differentiated into anchorate (which serve basalia) and commonly with paratropal and orthotropal tangential rays. Prostalia lateralia if present are monaxons and sometimes outward protruding hypodermal pentactines. Dermalia are usually pentactines or combinations of them with stauractines and hexactines. Atrialia are mainly hexactines, rarely together with pentactines or diactines. Microscleres have discoidal, tyloidal, rhopaloidal, oxyoidal rarely onychoidal terminations. Calycocomes always present, and are often accompanied by spherical ‘mesodiscohexasters’, discohexactines and microdiscohexasters. Oxyoidal spicules are combinations of hexasters, hemihexasters, hexactines and rarely other holactinoidal spicules.
ID Keys
See Subfamily Rossellinae Diagnosis.
Diagnosis References
Tabachnick, K. 2002. Family Rossellidae Schulze, 1885. pp. 1441-1505 in Hooper, J.N.A. & Soest, R.W.M. Van (eds). Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers Vol. 2. [1444]
History of changes
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