Catalogue of Brazilian Porifera - Porifera Brasil - UFRJ

II. TAXONOMIC LISTPHYLUM PORIFERA GRANT, 1836CLASS CALCAREA BOWERBANK, 1864Subclass CALCARONEA BIDDER, 1898ORDER Leucosolenida HARTMAN, 1958Family Amphoriscidae Dendy, 1892For synonyms see Borojevic et al. (2002a).TOTAL OF: GENERA: 3 SPECIES: 6E Amphoriscus Haeckel, 1870For synonyms see Borojevic et al. (2002a).Type species: Ute chrysalis Schmidt, 1864 (by subsequentdesignation; Dendy & Row, 1913).K Amphoriscus synapta (Schmidt in Haeckel, 1872)Syculmis synapta Haeckel, 1872: 288; Mello-Leitão et al.,1961: 3.Sycurus synapta Schmidt in Haeckel, 1872: 288.Sycarium synapta Haeckel, 1872: 288.Amphoriscus synapta, Azevedo & Klautau, 2007: 20.TYPE SPECIMENS: Unknown.TYPE LOCALITY: Brazil: Bahia State: Locality not informed.BRAZILIAN RECORDS: Northeast Region: Bahia State: Localitynot informed (Haeckel, 1872 [original description];Mello-Leitão et al., 1961 [checklist]; Azevedo & Klautau,2007 [checklist]).WORLD DISTRIBUTION: Endemic from Brazil.REMARKS: Sycarium synapta was transferred to Amphoriscusby Borojevic et al. (2000).E Leucilla Haeckel, 1872For synonyms see Borojevic et al. (2002a).Type species: Leucilla amphora Haeckel, 1872 (by subsequentdesignation; Dendy & Row, 1913).K Leucilla sacculata (Carter, 1890) (new combination)Leuconia sacculata Carter, 1890: 566; Mello-Leitão et al.,1961: 1; Santos et al., 2002b: 399.Leucandra sacculata Azevedo & Klautau, 2007: 21.TYPE SPECIMENS: Unknown.TYPE LOCALITY: Brazil: Pernambuco State: Fernando deNoronha Archipelago.BRAZILIAN RECORDS: Northeast Region: PernambucoState: Fernando de Noronha Archipelago (Carter,1890 [original description]; Mello-Leitão et al., 1961[checklist]; Santos et al., 2002b [checklist]; Azevedo &Klautau, 2007 [checklist]).WORLD DISTRIBUTION: Endemic from Brazil.REMARKS: Borojevic & Peixinho (1976) synonymised Leucillasacculata with L. australiensis Carter, 1885. Later on,Borojevic & Boury-Esnault (1987) synonymised L.australiensis and L. sacculata with Leucilla uter Poléjaeff,1883. We do not accept these synonymies becauseL. sacculata has only cortical tetractines and atrialtetractines, while L. australiensis has also corticaltriactines and has only atrial triactines. We also considerL. sacculata and L. uter as valid species until new analysesare done. Both species have very similar skeletons;however, in the original description Poléjaeff (1883)mentioned the presence of cortical diactines (probablytrichoxeas) in L. uter, which are absent in L. sacculata.K Leucilla uter Poléjaeff, 1883Leucilla uter Poléjaeff, 1883: 53; Dendy & Row, 1913: 784;Borojevic & Boury-Esnault, 1987: 35; Muricy & Silva,1999: 160.Amphoriscus chrysalis Burton, 1963: 545.Leucilla ?uter, Muricy et al., 1991: 1187.Leucilla australiensis, Borojevic, 1967: 221; Borojevic &Peixinho, 1976: 1031 [non Leucilla australiensis (Carter,1886c)].TYPE SPECIMENS: Lectotype BMNH 1884.4.22.21. ParalectotypesBMNH 1884.4.22.30, 1884.4.22.31.TYPE LOCALITY: Bermuda and Philippines.BRAZILIAN RECORDS: Northeast Region: Alagoas State:Off Japaratinga (09 o 27’08”S–35 o 12’07”W, 27 mdepth; Borojevic & Peixinho, 1976 [description]). OffPiaçabuçu (Pontal do Peba; 10 o 24’05”S–36 o 13’02”W,21 m depth; 10 o 28’09”S–36 o 15’05”W, 25 m depth;Borojevic & Peixinho, 1976 [description]). Bahia State:Off Abrolhos (17 o 42’S–37 o 30’W, 50 m depth; 17 o 55’S–37 o 30’W; Borojevic & Peixinho, 1976 [description]). OffBelmonte (16 o 02’S–38 o 28’05”W, 47 m depth; Borojevic& Peixinho, 1976 [description]). Ceará State: OffCamocim (02 o 20’S–40 o 47’W, 35 m depth; Borojevic &Peixinho, 1976 [description]). Paraíba State: Off JoãoPessoa (06 o 56’34”S–33 o 49’07”W, 11 m depth; Borojevic& Peixinho, 1976 [description]). Off Pitimbu (07 o 29’0”S–34 o 45’0”W, 12 m depth; 07 o 29’0”S–34 o 45’0”W, 10 mdepth; Borojevic & Peixinho, 1976 [description]).Pernambuco State: Off Recife (08 o 09’03”S–34 o 49’03”W,22 m depth; 08 o 06’04”S–34 o 49’04”W, 19.5 m depth;08 o 14’01”S–34 o 51’05”W, 24.5 m depth; Borojevic &25