Genus Sycetta Haeckel, 1872
- Sycetta Haeckel, E. 1872. Die Kalkschwämme. Eine Monographie in zwei Bänden Text und einem Atlas mit 60 Tafeln Abbildungen. Berlin : Georg Reimer Vol. 1 pp. 1-396; Vol. 2 pp. 1-418; Vol. 3, pls 1-30. [part translated in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4)11: 241–262, 421–430] [235].
Type species:
Sycetta primitiva Haeckel, 1872 by subsequent designation, see Dendy, A. & Row, R.W.H. 1913. The classification and phylogeny of the calcareous sponges, with a reference list of all the described species, systematically arranged. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1913: 704-813 [743].
Distribution
States
South Australia, Tasmania
Extra Distribution Information
Mediterranean Sea, Indian Ocean, Japan and Arctic.
IMCRA
Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)
Distribution References
Diagnosis
Sycettidae with a central atrial tube decorated with short, completely separate radial tubes. There is no defined inhalant aquiferous system. The skeleton of the radial tubes is composed of triactines and tetractines, and diactines may be found in the distal cones.
ID Keys
See Order Leucosolenida Diagnosis
Diagnosis References
Borojevic, R., Boury-Esnault, N., Manuel, M. & Vacelet, J. 2002. Order Leucosolenida Hartman, 1958. pp. 1157-1184 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. [1162]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 21-Dec-2011 | 21-Dec-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 23-Feb-2012 | MODIFIED |