Genus Hyattella Lendenfeld, 1888
- Hyattella Lendenfeld, R. von 1888. Descriptive Catalogue of the Sponges in the Australian Museum, Sydney. London : Taylor & Francis 260 pp. 12 pls. [233].
Type species:
Hircinia clathrata Carter, 1881 by monotypy. - Trypespongia Laubenfels, M.W. de 1936. A discussion of the sponge fauna of the Dry Tortugas in particular, and the West Indies in general, with material for a revision of the families and orders of the Porifera. (Tortugas Lab. Paper No. 467). Publication of the Carnegie Institution of Washington Washington 30: 1-225 22 pls 1 map [13].
Type species:
Trypespongia columbia de Laubenfels, 1936 by original designation. - Luffariospongia Burton, M. 1937. The littoral fauna of Krusadai Island in the Gulf of Manaar. Bulletin of the Madras Government Museum, Natural History 1: 1-58 pls 1-9 [41] [junior objective synonym of Hyattella Lendenfeld, 1888].
Type species:
Hircinia clathrata Carter, 1881 by original designation.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Bergquist, P.R. 1980. A revision of the supraspecific classification of the orders Dictyoceratida, Dendroceratida and Verongida (Class Demospongiae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 7: 443-503 figs 1-25 pls [452]
Distribution
States
Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
West Indian region, Red Sea, Indian Ocean, Indo-Malayan region, Japan and W Pacific.
IMCRA
Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)
Distribution References
Diagnosis
These sponges produce upright, tubular or low, spreading forms. Some species are buried in the substratum, with oscule bearing fistules protruding from the sediment. The surface is unarmoured and conulose. The whole sponge is often very lacunose, both through the sponge body and across the surface (Fig. 2A–C). The fibre skeleton comprises regularly spaced, cored primary fibres and a dense, regular network of uncored secondary fibres (Fig. 2D). There is also a fine-meshed, tangential, dermal fibre reticulum. The consistency is firm and compressible, with a coarse texture. Typically pale yellow to orange-brown.
ID Keys
See Family Spongiidae Diagnosis
Diagnosis References
Cook, S.D.C. & Bergquist, P.R. 2002. Family Spongiidae Gray, 1867. pp. 1051-1060 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. [1057]
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) |