Species Jaspis stellifera (Carter, 1879)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Stellettinopsis coriacea Carter, H.J. 1886. Description of sponges from the neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads, South Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 18: 126-149 [126].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1886.12.15.441 dry (NMV photos 39/26,27, =AM G2949 slide), 37 m, Port Phillip Heads, VIC [42°51'S 147°55'E].
• Stellettinopsis purpurea Carter, H.J. 1886. Supplement to the descriptions of Mr. J. Bracebridge Wilson's Australian sponges. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 18: 445-466 pl. 10 [459].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1886.12.15.51 wet (NMV photos 37/24,25), Westernport Bay, VIC [38°22'S 145°20'E].
• Amorphina stellifera Carter, H.J. 1879. Contributions to our knowledge of the Spongida. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 3: 284-304, 343-360 pls 25-29 [344].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1869.1.22.25 dry (NMV photos 39/28,29), Tasmania (SA in original publication) [42°00'S 147°00'E].
• Stellettinopsis carteri Ridley, S.O. 1884. Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of H.M.S. Alert, 1881–1882. Spongiida. (Part 1, Australian sponges). London : British Museum (Natural History) 366-482, pls 39-43. [476].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1882.2.23.276 wet –276a (slide 1/23), 9–13 m, Prince of Wales Channel, Torres Strait [42°51'S 147°55'E].
• Stellettinopsis tuberculata Carter, H.J. 1886. Description of sponges from the neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads, South Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 18: 126-149 [126].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1886.12.15.4.34 dry (NMV photos 39/24,25, =AM G2950 slide), 5 m, Port Phillip Heads, VIC [38°07'S 144°48'E]; BMNH 1886.12.15.113 wet (NMV photos 38/23,24, =AM G2736 slide), 5 m, Port Phillip Heads, VIC [38°07'S 144°48'E]; BMNH 1886.12.15.146 wet (NMV photos 37/13,14), 5 m, Port Phillip Heads, VIC [38°07'S 144°48'E].

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Torres Strait, Prince of Wales Channel, Low Ils, Thalamita Flat, Heron Is., Port Phillip Heads, Westernport Bay, Maria Is., Howell's Point, and also W Pacific (Marshall Is., Caroline Is.).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth subtidal–13 m.

 

General References

Carpay, M. 1986. The marine sponges of Tasmania. A checklist of a number of marine sponges, occurring along the Tasmanian coast. Unpublished M.Sc. thesis, Department of Bijzondere Dierkunde, Institute of Taxonomic Zoology, Amsterdam. pp. 1–77. [12]

Fuerst, J.A., Webb, R.I., Garson, M.J., Hardy, L. & Reiswig, H.M. 1998. Membrane-bounded nucleoids in microbial symbionts of marine sponges. Proceedings of the 5th International Sponge Symposium. 193-204 pp. [194] (Mentioned in this article)

Kennedy, J.A. 2000. Resolving the 'Jaspis stellifer' complex. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 45(2): 453-476 [455]

Wiedenmayer, F. 1989. Demospongiae (Porifera) from northern Bass Strait (Shelf of Southern Australia). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 50(1): 1-242 [26]

Wilkinson, C.R., Summons, R. & Evans, E. 1999. Nitrogen fixation in symbiotic marine sponges: ecological significance and difficulties in detection. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 44: 667-674 [669] (Listed in this article)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
29-Mar-2018		15-Dec-2011	MOVED
29-Mar-2018		13-Apr-2011	MODIFIED
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