Genus Tedania Gray, 1867
Taxonomic Decision for Subgeneric Arrangement
- van Soest, R.W.M. 2002. Family Tedaniidae Ridley & Dendy, 1886. pp. 625-632 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. [629]
Introduction
Subgenera not identified in Hooper & Wiedenmayer (1994: 415), synonymies followed Burton (1932: 345).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Arctic, amphi-Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, S Africa, Indian Ocean, Indo-Malayan region, Japan, W, central, N and E Pacific Ocean, Antarctic and Subantarctic.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Central Eastern Transition (15), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)
Other Regions
Australian Antarctic Territory
Distribution References
- Burton, M. 1932. Sponges. Discovery Reports 6: 237-392 56 figs pls 48-57 [346]
- Koltun, V.M. 1959. The Cornacuspongida of the northern and far eastern seas of the U.S.S.R. pp. 1-236 43 pls in, Keys to the Fauna of the U.S.S.R. Vol. 67 Published by the Zoological Institute, Akademia Nauk SSSR. [in Russian] [155]
Diagnosis
Massive to lobate; ectosomal skeleton composed of tylotes or tornotes with microspined bases forming tangential or paratangential surface tracts; choanosomal skeleton composed of styles with smooth or microspined bases, producing reticulate, plumo-reticulate, plumose or dendritic architecture; microscleres onychaetes. Distribution cosmopolitan. Approximately 65 species.
ID Keys
Key to subgenera of Tedania
(1) Ectosomal megasclere microspined tylotes ................................................ Tedania (Tedania)
Ectosomal megascleres mucronate tornotes or smooth tylotes .................................................... 2
(2) Choanosomal megascleres >350micrometres........................................ Tedania (Tedaniopsis)
Choanosomal megascleres <350micrometres ....................................... Tedania (Trachytedania)
Diagnosis References
van Soest, R.W.M. 2002. Family Tedaniidae Ridley & Dendy, 1886. pp. 625-632 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. [628]
General References
Burton, M. 1932. Sponges. Discovery Reports 6: 237-392 56 figs pls 48-57
Hooper, J.N.A. & Wiedenmayer, F. 1994. Porifera. pp. 1–620 in Wells, A. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia Vol. 12 xiii 624 pp. [Date published 21/Nov/1994]
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) |