Geodia labyrinthica
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Ordo: Hadromerida
Familia: Placospongiidae
Genus: Geodia
Name
Geodia labyrinthica (Kirkpatrick, 1903) – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Placospongia labyrinthica Kirkpatrick 1903[1]: Plate V fig. 1a–b, Plate VI fig. 1a–f.
Reviewed material
Holotype. BMNH 02.11.16.1, South Africa, East London Coast, 33°06'30"S, 028°11'E.
Spicules. Megascleres styles, oxea; microscleres sterrasters, chiasters
Remarks
This species was originally described as ‘Placospongia labyrinthica’,butdoes not have the characteristic cortical plates of Placospongia. The specimen furthermore has sieve pores, sterrasters with star-like plates, euasters, styles and oxea characteristic of the Geodiidae. In the original description, Kirkpatrick (1903)[1] stated “the presence of chiasters is so exceptional that I thought at first that I had to deal with a geodine sponges, but there were no triaenes to be found” and as a result placed this species in the Placospongia rather than Geodia. Genus transfer to Geodia is, however, required as suggested on the World Porifera Database (van Soest et al. 2011[2]).
Taxon Treatment
- Becking, L; 2013: Revision of the genus Placospongia (Porifera, Demospongiae, Hadromerida, Placospongiidae) in the Indo-West Pacific ZooKeys, 298: 39-76. doi
Other References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kirkpatrick R (1903) Descriptions of South African Sponges. Part III. Marine Investigations in South Africa 2 (14): 233-264.
- ↑ van Soest R, Boury-Esnault N, Hooper J, Rützler K, de Voogd N, Alvarez d, Hajdu E, Pisera A, Manconi R, Schoenberg C, Janussen D, Tabachnick K, Klautau M, Picton B, Kelly M (2011) World Porifera database. Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera. [accessed 31.I.2011]
