Species Phyllospongia papyracea (Esper, 1794)
- Spongia papyracea Esper, E.J.C. 1794. Fortsetzungen der Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet, nebst Beschreibungen. Nürnberg : Raspe Vol. 1 230 pp. 104 pls. [38] [pl. 65a figs 1, 2, as
Spongiae papyraceae var.].Type data:
Status unknown, BMNH 1931.4.1.1. dry fragment of type (egaz), Tranquebar, India [11°01'37"N 79°51'14"E]. - Spongionella holdsworthi Bowerbank, J.S. 1873. Report on a collection of sponges found at Ceylon by E.W.H. Holdsworth, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1873: 25-32 pls 5-7 [25].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1873.7.21.1–6 (egaz), Sri Lanka [8°23'31"N 80°11'24"E]; BMNH 1877.5.21.1 (egaz), Sri Lanka [8°23'31"N 80°11'24"E]; BMNH 1877.5.21.2 (egaz), Sri Lanka [8°23'31"N 80°11'24"E]; BMNH 1877.5.21.1303 3 slides (egaz), Sri Lanka [8°23'31"N 80°11'24"E]. - Carteriospongia madagascarensis Hyatt, A. 1877. A revision of the North American Poriferae, with remarks upon foreign species. Part 2. Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History 2: 481-554 pls 15-17 [542].
Type data:
Holotype MCZ (egaz), Madagascar [19°05'55"S 46°38'00"E]. - Phyllospongia distans Lendenfeld, R. von 1889. A Monograph of the Horny Sponges. London : Trübner & Co. 936 pp. 17 figs 50 pls. [189].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH (and ZMB? - egaz), New Zealand; Red Sea [27°34'19"S 177°59'49"E, 22°32'56"N 37°06'43"E]. - Phyllospongia coriacea Thiele, J. 1899. Studien über pazifische Spongien. II. Ueber einige Spongien von Celebes. Zoologica (New York) 24: 1-33 pls 1-5 [27].
Type data:
Holotype NHMB Tr. Präp. 47 dry (egaz), Kema, Sulawesi (as Celebes) [2°10'44"S 119°21'07"E]. - Spongia laciniata Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de Monet 1814. Sur les polypiers empâtés. Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 20: 294-312, 370-386, 432-458 [445].
Type data:
Holotype MNHN Paris LBIM DT566, Indian Ocean.Secondary source:
Topsent, E. 1932. Eponges de Lamarck conservées au Muséum de Paris. Deuxième partie. Archives du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 6 8: 61-124 2 figs pls 1-6 [102].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Gray, J.E. 1873. Sponges from Ceylon. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 12: 266-267 [266]
- Lendenfeld, R. von 1889. A Monograph of the Horny Sponges. London : Trübner & Co. 936 pp. 17 figs 50 pls. [187]
- Dendy, A. 1905. Report on the sponges collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. 57-246 pls 1-16 in Herdman, W.A. (ed.). Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar. London : Royal Society Vol. 3 Suppl. 18. [219, as varieties]
- Bergquist, P.R., Ayling, A.M. & Wilkinson, C.R. 1988. Foliose Dictyoceratida of the Australian Great Barrier Reef. 1. Taxonomy and Phylogenetic relationships. Pubblicazioni della Stazione Zoologica di Napoli I: Marine Ecology 9(4): 291-320 [304]
- Gillan, F.T., Stoilov, I.L., Thompson, J.E., Hogg, R.W., Wilkinson, C.R. & Djerassi, C. 1988. Fatty acids as biological markers for bacterial symbionts in sponges. Lipids 23(12): 1139-1145 [1140]
- Wiedenmayer, F. in Hooper, J.N.A. & Wiedenmayer, F. 1994. Porifera. pp. 1-620 in Wells, A. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia Vol. 12 xiii 624 pp. [Date published 21/Nov/1994] [390] (for madagascarensis, distans, coriacea following A.L. Ayling, pers. comm.)
- Wahab, M.A.A., Wilson, N.G., Prada, D., Gomez, O. & Fromont, J. 2020. Molecular and morphological assessment of tropical sponges in the subfamily Phyllospongiinae, with the descriptions of two new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 1–37
Distribution
States
Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Widespread Indo-west Pacific; also Red Sea, Indian Ocean, S Africa, Indo-Malayan region and New Zealand.
IMCRA
Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)
Ecological Descriptors
Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.
Extra Ecological Information
Reef waters at depths 15–20 m.
General References
Bergquist, P.R., Ayling, A.M. & Wilkinson, C.R. 1988. Foliose Dictyoceratida of the Australian Great Barrier Reef. 1. Taxonomy and Phylogenetic relationships. Pubblicazioni della Stazione Zoologica di Napoli I: Marine Ecology 9(4): 291-320 [304]
Wilkinson, C.R. 1988. Foliose Dictyoceratida of the Australian Great Barrier Reef. II. Ecology and distribution of these prevalent sponges. Pubblicazioni della Stazione Zoologica di Napoli I: Marine Ecology 9(4): 321-328 [321]
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03-Mar-2022 | DEMOSPONGIAE Sollas, 1885 | 10-Aug-2021 | MODIFIED | |
| 29-Mar-2018 | DEMOSPONGIAE Sollas, 1885 | 17-Sep-2014 | MODIFIED | ABRS |
| 29-Mar-2018 | 15-Dec-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 29-Mar-2018 | 13-Apr-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |