Genus Stylissa Hallmann, 1914
- Stylissa 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 [349].
Type species:
Stylotella flabelliformis Hentschel, 1912 by original designation. - Dragmaxia Hallmann, E.F. 1916. A revision of the genera with microscleres included, or provisionally included, in the family Axinellidae, with descriptions of some Australian species. Part 2. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 41: 495-552 6 figs pls 29/4, 30-32, 33/1-5, [543].
Type species:
Spongosorites variabilis Whitelegge, 1907 by original designation.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Red Sea, Indian Ocean and Indo-Malayan region.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Distribution References
- Burton, M. 1959. Sponges. Scientific Reports of the John Murray Expedition 10(5): 151-281 41 figs
- Hentschel, E. 1912. Kiesel- und Hornschwämme der Aru- und Kai Inseln. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 34: 294-448 pls 13-21
- Hooper, J.N.A. & Lévi, C. 1993. Axinellida from the New Caledonian lagoon (Porifera: Demospongiae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 7(6): 1395-1472
Diagnosis
Erect, flabellate, or compressed-lobate sponges with irregularly conulose and/or ridged surface. Conules blunt. Surface smooth between conules often with a slight colour difference between smooth and conulose parts. Colours usually red, orange or yellowish. Skeleton confused, but some plumose reticulation usually recognisable. In the interior and in the stem of erect forms there is axial condensation. Styles curved, usually stout, relatively short and of a single size category. Several species are common in the Indo-West Pacific, one is recorded from the Caribbean.
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. [783]
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) |