Genus Sycettusa Haeckel, 1872
- Sycettusa 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].
Type species:
Sycetta stauridia Haeckel, 1872 by monotypy.
Distribution
States
Queensland
IMCRA
Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Diagnosis
Heteropiidae with syconoid organisation. Atrial and cortical skeletons are formed by tangential triactines and/or tetractines. The choanoskeleton is inarticulated, and is composed of unpaired actines of the subatrial triactines, and of centripetal actines of the pseudosagittal subcortical triactines.
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. [1175]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29-Mar-2018 | PORIFERA Grant, 1836 | 27-Mar-2018 | MODIFIED | Dr Kathryn Hall |
| 21-Dec-2011 | 21-Dec-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 23-Feb-2012 | MODIFIED |