Genus Sarcotragus Schmidt, 1862
- Sarcotragus Schmidt, E.O. 1862. Die Spongien des Adriatischen Meeres. Leipzig : Engelmann 88 pp. 7 pls. [35].
Type species:
Sarcotragus spinosulus Schmidt, 1862 by subsequent designation, see Laubenfels, M.W. de 1948. The order Keratosa of the phylum Porifera. A monographic study. Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation 3: 1-217 31 figs 30 pls [132].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Mediterranean; Australia, New Zealand, W Pacific.
IMCRA
Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)
Distribution References
- Bergquist, P.R. 1980. A revision of the supraspecific classification of the orders Dictyoceratida, Dendroceratida and Verongida (Class Demospongiae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 7: 443-503 figs 1-25 pls [468]
- Vacelet, J. 1959. Répartition générale des Eponges et systématique des Eponges cornées de la région de Marseille et de quelques stations méditerranéennes. Recueil des Travaux de la Station Marine d'Endoume. Marseille 26: 39-101 pls 1-3
Diagnosis
Compact forms (Fig. 2A, C), with an unarmoured, conulose surface. The fibre skeleton comprises primary and secondary fibres, and very fine spongin filaments. Primary fibres are fasciculate and clear of foreign debris (Fig. 2B), or with only intermittent inclusions. Secondary fibres are uncored. The consistency is firm and compressible. These sponges are tough, reflecting the density of filaments within the mesohyl.
ID Keys
See Family Irciniidae Diagnosis
Diagnosis References
Cook, S.D.C. & Bergquist, P.R. 2002. Family Irciniidae Gray, 1867. pp. 1022-1027 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. [1024]
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) |