Alvarez, B.; Hooper, J.N.A. (2011). Taxonomic revision of the order Halichondrida (Porifera: Demospongiae) from northern Australia. Family Halichondriidae. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory. 27: 55-84.
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Alvarez, B.; Hooper, J.N.A.
2011
Taxonomic revision of the order Halichondrida (Porifera: Demospongiae) from northern Australia. Family Halichondriidae
The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory
27: 55-84
Publication
Notice that Figures 1F and 1H in this publication are transposed. Figure 1F corresponds to Ciocalypta stalagmites and 1H to C.heterostyla
Fifteen species in six genera of the family Halichondriidae, including two new species, Halichondria (Halichondria) carotenoidea sp. nov. and Halichondria (Halichondria) microbiana sp. nov., are recorded for northern Australia as part of a revision of the order Halichondrida (Porifera: Demospongiae) in this region. Descriptions and discussion of those species are presented here. Eight new combinations within the family Halichondriidae are here established,
i.e. Amorphinopsis fenestrata (Ridley, 1884, as Leucophloeus), Amorphinopsis maculosa (Pulitzer-Finali, 1996, as Topsentia), Axinyssa bergquistae (Hooper et al., 1997, as Halichondria), Axinyssa mertoni (Hentschel, 1912, as Ciocalypta), Axinyssa gracilis(Hentschel, 1912, as Ciocalypta rutila gracilis), Axinyssa terpnis (De Laubenfels, 1954, as Phycopsis), Ciocalypta vansoesti (Hooper et al., 1997, as Halichondria) and Topsentia ridleyi (Hooper et al., 1997
as Halichondria) and one species is relocated into the family Dictyonellidae, i.e, Stylissa vernonensis (Hooper et al.,
1997, as Hymeniacidon). A lectotype is designated for Ciocalypta stalagmites Hentschel, 1912.