Catalogue of Brazilian Porifera - Porifera Brasil - UFRJ

SUMMARYAbstract ............................................................... 7Preface .................................................................. 9I – Introductory Section............................ 111. Introduction .................................................... 112. Taxonomical history of the Braziliansponges ........................................................... 113. Composition of the Brazilian spongefauna ................................................................ 174. Structure of the catalogue ........................... 175. Locality names ............................................... 196. Depositories ................................................... 197. Other abbreviations used ............................. 228. Acknowledgements ...................................... 23II – TAXONOMIC LIST............................................ 25Phylum Porifera ........................................... 25Class Calcarea................................................. 25Subclass Calcaronea .................................... 25Order Leucosolenida ....................................... 25Amphoriscidae................................................. 25Grantiidae........................................................ 27Heteropiidae..................................................... 29Leucosoleniidae................................................ 30Sycettidae.......................................................... 31Subclass Calcinea...................................... 32Order Clathrinida............................................. 32Clathrinidae...................................................... 32Leucaltidae........................................................ 35Leucascidae...................................................... 35Leucettidae....................................................... 36Class Demospongiae....................................... 37Order Agelasida................................................ 37Agelasidae......................................................... 37Order Astrophorida......................................... 40Ancorinidae...................................................... 40Geodiidae......................................................... 44Pachastrellidae................................................. 50Thrombidae..................................................... 52Order Chondrosida.......................................... 52Chondrillidae................................................... 52Order Dendroceratida..................................... 54Darwinellidae................................................... 54Dictyodendrillidae........................................... 55Order Dictyoceratida....................................... 56Dysideidae........................................................ 56Irciniidae.......................................................... 58Spongiidae........................................................ 60Thorectidae...................................................... 62Order Hadromerida......................................... 64Alectonidae...................................................... 64Clionaidae........................................................ 64Placospongiidae............................................... 67Polymastiidae................................................... 69Spirastrellidae .................................................. 70Stylocordylidae................................................. 71Suberitidae....................................................... 71PLATES ...................................................................... 73Tethyidae.......................................................... 86Timeidae........................................................... 88Order Halichondrida....................................... 88Axinellidae........................................................ 88Dictyonellidae.................................................. 91Halichondriidae............................................... 92Heteroxyidae.................................................... 96Order Haplosclerida......................................... 97Suborder Haplosclerina................................... 97Callyspongiidae................................................ 97Chalinidae....................................................... 100Niphatidae....................................................... 102Suborder Petrosina.......................................... 106Petrosiidae....................................................... 106Phloeodictyidae.............................................. 108Suborder Spongillina...................................... 110Metaniidae....................................................... 110Potamolepidae................................................ 118Spongillidae..................................................... 123Spongillina incertae sedis................................ 140Order Homosclerophorida............................. 140Plakinidae........................................................ 140‘Order’ Lithistida............................................. 142Azoricidae........................................................ 142Corallistidae ................................................... 142Desmanthidae................................................. 1435