The marine fauna of New Zealand: Porifera, Demospongiae, Part 5 (Dendroceratida and Halisarcida)
Bergquist, P.R. (1996). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Porifera, Demospongiae, Part 5 (Dendroceratida and Halisarcida). NIWA Biodiversity Memoir, 107. New Zealand Oceanographic Institute: Wellington. ISBN 0-478-08396-3. 53 pp.
Part of: New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir. New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: Wellington. ISSN 0083-7903, more
Related to:Bergquist, P.R.; Fromont, P.J. (1988). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Porifera, Demospongiae, Part 4 (Poecilosclerida). NIWA Biodiversity Memoir, 96. New Zealand Oceanographic Institute: Wellington. ISBN 0-477-02532-3. 197 pp., more
|  |
| Abstract |
Two orders of Demospongiae are discussed and the New Zealand representatives of each are described. The Dendroceratida are represented by five species belonging to four genera, and the Halisarcida, established formally as a new order, is represented by one species in New Zealand, thecosmopolitan Halisarca dujardini. Definition of the characters used in descriptions of these sponges is given, as is a full discussion of the systematic affinities of the Dendroceratida. |
|
