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List Of Sponges Of South Africa
The list of sponges of South Africa is a list of species that form a part of the poriferan (Phylum Porifera) fauna of South Africa. Taxonomy follows WoRMS. The list follows the SANBI listing on iNaturalist, and does not always agree with WoRMS for distribution. Class Calcarea Subclass Calcaronea Order Leucosolenida =Family Grantiidae= *'' Amphiute lepadiformis'' Borojevic, 1967 *'' Aphroceras alcicornis'' Gray, 1858, syn. ''Leucandra alcicornis'' (Gray, 1858), ''Cyathiscus actinia'' Haeckel, 1869. *'' Leucandra algoaensis'' (Bowerbank, 1864), syn, ''Leucogypsia algoaensis'' Bowerbank, 1864. *'' Leucandra armata'' (Urban, 1908), syn. ''Leuconia armata'' Urban, 1908. *'' Leucandra australiensis'' (Carter, 1886), syn. ''Leuconia australiensis'' Carter, 1886. *'' Leucandra bleeki'' (Haeckel, 1872), syn. ''Leucaltis bleeki'' Haeckel, 1872. *'' Leucandra hentschelii'' Brøndsted, 1931, syn.''Leuconia hentschelii'' (Brøndsted, 1931), *'' Leucandra spissa'' (Urban, 1909), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marine Species Distribution Reference Map Southern Africa
Marine is an adjective meaning of or pertaining to the sea or ocean. Marine or marines may refer to: Ocean * Maritime (other) * Marine art * Marine biology * Marine debris * Marine habitats * Marine life * Marine pollution Military * Marines, a naval-based infantry force ** United States Marine Corps ** Royal Marines of the UK ** Brazilian Marine Corps ** Spanish Marine Infantry ** Fusiliers marins (France) ** Indonesian Marine Corps ** Republic of China Marine Corps ** Republic of Korea Marine Corps ** Royal Thai Marine Corps *"Marine" also means "navy" in several languages: ** Austro-Hungarian Navy () ** Belgian Navy (, , ) ** Royal Canadian Navy () *** Provincial Marine (1796–1910), a predecessor to the Royal Canadian Navy ** Navy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo () ** Royal Danish Navy () ** Finnish Navy (, ) ** French Navy () ** Gabonese Navy () ** German Navy () ** Royal Moroccan Navy () ** Royal Netherlands Navy () ** Swedish Navy () Places * Marin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernsta Cordata
''Ernsta cordata'' is a species of sea sponge in the family '' Clathrinidae'' found in South Africa. The name means "heart-shaped" in Latin. References Clathrina Sponges described in 1872 Fauna of South Africa Taxa named by Ernst Haeckel {{calcarea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ascaltis Gardineri
''Ascaltis gardineri'' is a species of calcareous sponge in the family ''Leucascidae'' from India and the Seychelles. The species is named after the British zoologist John Stanley Gardiner John Stanley Gardiner (1872–1946) was a British zoologist. Biography Stanley, as he was known, was the younger son of John Jephson Gardiner and Sarah McTier. He was born in Jordanstown (Belfast) in 1872 – two years after his brother Arthur. .... Description Formed of regularly and tightly anastomosed, very thin, delicate tubes. In shape it is lobose, and full of folds. Each fold is flat, thin and delicate. Oscula have not been observed. In the centre of each fold there is a large tube (pseudoatrium), with choanocytes, surrounded by thinner tubes. Covering the external tubes, there are some large triactines. The wall of the tubes is very thin. The tubes are perpendicular to the surface, and converge at a large central tube. Above the central tube, it is possible to see some lacunes. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sycon Natalense
''Sycon'' is a genus of calcareous sponges belonging to the family Sycettidae. These sponges are small, growing up to 7.5 cm and having length from 2.5 to7.5, and are tube-shaped and often white to cream in colour. They are known to aquarium hobbyists as "Pineapple" or "Q-Tip" sponges, and are frequent "hitchhikers" accidentally brought in. Species The following species are recognised in the genus ''Sycon'': *'' Sycon abyssale'' Borojevic & raat-Kleeton, 1965 *'' Sycon acanthoxea'' (Little, 1963) *'' Sycon album'' Tanita, 1942 *''Sycon ampulla'' (Haeckel, 1870) *'' Sycon antarcticum'' (Jenkin, 1908) *''Sycon arcticum'' (Haeckel, 1870) *'' Sycon australe'' (Jenkin, 1908) *''Sycon avus'' Chagas & Cavalcanti, 2017 *''Sycon barbadense'' (Schuffner, 1877) *'' Sycon bellum'' Chagas & Cavalcanti, 2017 *''Sycon boreale'' (Schuffner, 1877) *''Sycon brasiliense'' Borojevic, 1971 *''Sycon calcaravis'' Hozawa, 1929 *''Sycon caminatum'' Thacker, 1908 *''Sycon capricorn'' Wörheide & Hoope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sycon Lunulatum
''Sycon'' is a genus of calcareous sponges belonging to the family Sycettidae. These sponges are small, growing up to 7.5 cm and having length from 2.5 to7.5, and are tube-shaped and often white to cream in colour. They are known to aquarium hobbyists as "Pineapple" or "Q-Tip" sponges, and are frequent "hitchhikers" accidentally brought in. Species The following species are recognised in the genus ''Sycon'': *'' Sycon abyssale'' Borojevic & raat-Kleeton, 1965 *'' Sycon acanthoxea'' (Little, 1963) *'' Sycon album'' Tanita, 1942 *'' Sycon ampulla'' (Haeckel, 1870) *'' Sycon antarcticum'' (Jenkin, 1908) *'' Sycon arcticum'' (Haeckel, 1870) *'' Sycon australe'' (Jenkin, 1908) *'' Sycon avus'' Chagas & Cavalcanti, 2017 *'' Sycon barbadense'' (Schuffner, 1877) *'' Sycon bellum'' Chagas & Cavalcanti, 2017 *''Sycon boreale'' (Schuffner, 1877) *''Sycon brasiliense'' Borojevic, 1971 *''Sycon calcaravis'' Hozawa, 1929 *''Sycon caminatum'' Thacker, 1908 *''Sycon capricorn'' Wörheide & H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sycon Dunstervillia
''Sycon'' is a genus of calcareous sponges belonging to the family Sycettidae. These sponges are small, growing up to 7.5 cm and having length from 2.5 to7.5, and are tube-shaped and often white to cream in colour. They are known to aquarium hobbyists as "Pineapple" or "Q-Tip" sponges, and are frequent "hitchhikers" accidentally brought in. Species The following species are recognised in the genus ''Sycon'': *'' Sycon abyssale'' Borojevic & raat-Kleeton, 1965 *'' Sycon acanthoxea'' (Little, 1963) *'' Sycon album'' Tanita, 1942 *'' Sycon ampulla'' (Haeckel, 1870) *'' Sycon antarcticum'' (Jenkin, 1908) *'' Sycon arcticum'' (Haeckel, 1870) *'' Sycon australe'' (Jenkin, 1908) *'' Sycon avus'' Chagas & Cavalcanti, 2017 *'' Sycon barbadense'' (Schuffner, 1877) *'' Sycon bellum'' Chagas & Cavalcanti, 2017 *'' Sycon boreale'' (Schuffner, 1877) *'' Sycon brasiliense'' Borojevic, 1971 *''Sycon calcaravis'' Hozawa, 1929 *''Sycon caminatum'' Thacker, 1908 *'' Sycon capricorn'' Wörheide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sycon Defendens
''Sycon'' is a genus of calcareous sponges belonging to the family Sycettidae. These sponges are small, growing up to 7.5 cm and having length from 2.5 to7.5, and are tube-shaped and often white to cream in colour. They are known to aquarium hobbyists as "Pineapple" or "Q-Tip" sponges, and are frequent "hitchhikers" accidentally brought in. Species The following species are recognised in the genus ''Sycon'': *'' Sycon abyssale'' Borojevic & raat-Kleeton, 1965 *'' Sycon acanthoxea'' (Little, 1963) *'' Sycon album'' Tanita, 1942 *'' Sycon ampulla'' (Haeckel, 1870) *'' Sycon antarcticum'' (Jenkin, 1908) *'' Sycon arcticum'' (Haeckel, 1870) *'' Sycon australe'' (Jenkin, 1908) *'' Sycon avus'' Chagas & Cavalcanti, 2017 *'' Sycon barbadense'' (Schuffner, 1877) *'' Sycon bellum'' Chagas & Cavalcanti, 2017 *'' Sycon boreale'' (Schuffner, 1877) *'' Sycon brasiliense'' Borojevic, 1971 *''Sycon calcaravis'' Hozawa, 1929 *''Sycon caminatum'' Thacker, 1908 *'' Sycon capricorn'' Wörheide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leucosolenia Eustephana
''Leucosolenia'' is a genus of calcareous sponges belonging to the family Leucosoleniidae. Species of this genus usually appear as groups of curved vases, up to 2 cm long, each ending in an osculum. The overall shape is sometimes likened to a tiny bunch of bananas. They are most often observed in tide pools, clustered around the base of seaweeds or on rocks, and occur in a variety of colours, usually rather pale. Its canal system is of asconoid type. The colony consists of few simple vase-like, cylindrical individuals each terminating in an osculum and united at their bases by irregular horizontal tubes. Leucosolenia reproduces both asexually and sexually. asexual reproduction by budding and sexual reproduction takes place by formation of gametes, i.e., ova and sperms. Lecosolenia is hermaphrodite, because both the gametes are formed in the body of same individual. Sponges are mostly asymmetrical, but Leucosolenia is symmetrical. Species The following species are recognise ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leucosolenia Botryoides
The orange pipe sponge, sometimes referred to as the orange pipe calcerous sponge or ''Leucosolenia botryoides'', is a soft, white sponge with a tubular branching structure. The name is derived from the Greek word, "botrys", which means "cluster of grapes", relating to the branched structure of the sponge. It was originally found and named ''Spongia botryoides'' and given the common name "grape sponge" by researchers John Ellis and Daniel Charles Solander in 1786 before it was discovered to be a part of the genus ''Leucosolenia'' and changed to the orange pipe sponge. In Ellis and Solander's discovery, they described the sponge as "tender and branched as in bunches" where the "bunches are hollow." It is considered an asconoid sponge because it has no definitive shape. Distribution ''Leucosolenia botryoides'' is found within the North Atlantic Ocean, more commonly on the coasts of Britain and Ireland. It also can be found from the North of Norway to the Mediterranean Coast. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heteropia Glomerosa
''Heteropia glomerosa'' is a species of calcareous sponge in the family Heteropiidae Heteropiidae is a family of sea sponges in the order Leucosolenida in the class Calcarea. In a 2012 paper, Oliver Voigt, Eilika Wülfing and Gert Wörheide (2012) confirmed that the family Heteropiidae is not monophyletic In cladistics f ..., and was first described as ''Leuconia glomerosa'' in 1873 by James Scott Bowerbank. In Australia, the species is found in the IMCRA regions of the Central Western Shelf Transition, Central Western Shelf Province, Northwest Province, and the Central Western Transition (on the north-west Western Australian coastline). The dried type specimen came from Port Elizabeth and brought by Captain Charles Tyler to Bowerbank. Description Plate 4 from Bowerbank's description of ''Leuconia glomerosa'' # Fig.1. The type specimenm, natural size. # Fig.2. One of the equiangular triradiate spicula of the dermal membrane, magnified 80 linear. # Fig. 3. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
