Genus Vaceletia Pickett, 1982
- Vaceletia Pickett, J.W. 1982. Vaceletia progenitor, the first Tertiary sphinctozoan. Alcheringa 6: 241-247 [243] [replacement name for [Neocoelia] Vacelet, 1977, preoccupied].
- Neocoela Vacelet, J. 1977. Une nouvelle relique du Secondaire: un représentant actuel des Eponges fossiles Sphinctozoaires. Comptes Rendus (Hebdomadaires) des Séances de l'Academie des Sciences. Série D. Sciences Naturelles 285(D): 509-511 [509] [preoccupied].
Type species:
Neocoelia crypta Vacelet, 1977 by original designation.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Pickett, J.W. 1982. Vaceletia progenitor, the first Tertiary sphinctozoan. Alcheringa 6: 241-247 [243]
- Reitner, J. 1992. "Coralline Spongien" Der Versuch einer phylogenetisch-taxonomischen Analyse. Berlin, Germany : Selbstverlag Fachbereich Geowissenschaften, Freie Universitaat Berlin 352 pp. [270]
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australasian distribution from Indonesia, Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea, New Caledonia and Fiji.
IMCRA
Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Cape Province (20), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Diagnosis
Verticillitidae, ‘sphinctozoan’ grade of organisation, with a chambered skeleton of the siphonate type composed of an irregular arrangement of aragonite crystals, without spicules. Inhalant opening in the outer wall of the porate type, with simple exopores provided with spines extending towards the centre of the aperture. Exowall, interwall and endowall with the same pattern of perforation. Exhalant canal siphonate, sometimes with a longitudinal dividing wall. Regular, pillar-like filling structures in the chambers.
Diagnosis References
Vacelet, J. 2002. Recent 'Sphinctozoa', Order Verticillitida, Family Verticillitidae Steinmann, 1882. pp. 1097-1098 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. [1097]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29-Mar-2018 | 28-Dec-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 29-Mar-2018 | 15-Dec-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 29-Mar-2018 | 13-Apr-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |