Systema Porifera
Title | Systema Porifera PDF eBook |
Author | John N.A. Hooper |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 1779 |
Release | 2012-12-06 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 1461507472 |
Research whilst compiling this book has uncovered a fauna about twice the size as that previously published in the literature and consequently Systema Porifera revises and stabilizes the systematics of the phylum to accommodate this new knowledge in a contemporary framework. Practical tools (key illustrations, descriptions of character) are provided to facilitate the assignment of approximately 680 extant and 100 fossil genera. Systema Porifera is unique making sponge taxonomy widely available at the practical level of classification (genera, families, order). It is a taxonomic revision of sponges and spongiomorphis (such as sphinctozoans and archaeocyathans) based on re-evaluation of type materials and evidence. It is also a practical guide to sponge identification providing descriptions and illustrations of characters and interpretation of their importance to systematics. Systema Porifera addresses many long standing nomenclatural problems and provides a sound baseline for future debate on sponges and their place in time and space. Systema Porifera describes 3 classes, 7 subclasses, 24 orders, 127 families and 682 valid genera of extant sponges (with over 1600 nominal generic names and an additional 500 invalid names treated). Treatment of the fossil fauna is less comprehensive or critical, although 6 classes, 30 orders, 245 families and 998 fossil genera are mentioned. Keys to all recent and many fossil taxa are provided.
Axinellida (Porifera
Title | Axinellida (Porifera PDF eBook |
Author | J. N. A. Hooper |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Biology |
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A Revision of Axinellidae (Porifera: Demospongiae) of the Central West Atlantic Region
Title | A Revision of Axinellidae (Porifera: Demospongiae) of the Central West Atlantic Region PDF eBook |
Author | Belinda Alvarez |
Publisher | |
Pages | 56 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN |
Character Stability, Systematics and Affinities Between Microcionidae (Poecilosclerida) and Axinellida (Porifera: Demospongiae)
Title | Character Stability, Systematics and Affinities Between Microcionidae (Poecilosclerida) and Axinellida (Porifera: Demospongiae) PDF eBook |
Author | John N. A. Hooper |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1988 |
Genre | Demospongiae |
ISBN |
Porifera
Title | Porifera PDF eBook |
Author | John N. A. Hooper |
Publisher | CSIRO Publishing |
Pages | 648 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Reference |
ISBN | 9780643056862 |
This volume is the authoritative source on sponges of Australia and its territorial waters. It deals with some 1400 species in 77 families. The volume contains numerous taxonomic decisions and includes an historical overview of sponge taxonomy. A synopsis of the location and status of Australian collections is also provided. This is the first comprehensive catalogue of Australian Porifera and is an essential text for those involved with this group.
Sigmaxinella Soelae and Desmacella Ithystela, Two New Desmacellid Sponges (Porifera, Axinellida, Desmacellidae) from the Northwest Shelf of Western Australia, with a Revision of the Family Desmacellidae
Title | Sigmaxinella Soelae and Desmacella Ithystela, Two New Desmacellid Sponges (Porifera, Axinellida, Desmacellidae) from the Northwest Shelf of Western Australia, with a Revision of the Family Desmacellidae PDF eBook |
Author | John N. A. Hooper |
Publisher | |
Pages | 76 |
Release | 1984 |
Genre | Desmacella ithystela |
ISBN |
The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Porifera, Demospongiae
Title | The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Porifera, Demospongiae PDF eBook |
Author | Patricia R. Bergquist |
Publisher | |
Pages | 106 |
Release | 1970 |
Genre | Demospongiae |
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