Species Acanthella cavernosa Dendy, 1922
- Acanthella cavernosa Dendy, A. 1922. Report on the Sigmatotetraxonida collected by H.M.S. Sealark in the Indian Ocean. In Report of the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905. Vol. 7. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 2nd Series Zoology 18: 1-164 pls 1-18 [120].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1921.11.7.100 wet, 3 slides (egaz), 55 m, Amirante Group, Indian Ocean [6°55'37"S 52°06'03"E].
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Darwin, Torres Strait, also Heron Is., Wistari Reef, off North Anchorage, Penguin Channel, Papuan Pass, also Amirante & Seychelles Is, Indian Ocean.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Other Regions
Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater
Ecological Descriptors
Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.
Extra Ecological Information
Depth 7–54 m, off reefs.
General References
Alvarez, B. & Hooper, J.N.A. 2010. Taxonomic revision of the order Halichondrida (Porifera: Demospongiae) of northern Australia. Family Dictyonellidae. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 26: 13–36 [14]
Burton, M. 1934. Sponges. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 4: 513-621 pls 1-2
Capon, R.J. & MacLeod, J.K. 1988. New isothiocyanate sesquiterpenes from the Australian marine sponge Acanthella pulcherrima. Australian Journal of Chemistry 41: 979-983 [979] (misidentified as
Hooper, J.N.A., Capon, R.J., Keenan, C.P., Parry, D.L. & Smit, N. 1992. Chemotaxonomy of marine sponges: families Microcionidae, Raspailiidae and Axinellidae, and their relationships with other families in the orders Poecilosclerida and Axinellida (Porifera: Demospongiae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 6(2): 261-301 [264]
Hooper, J.N.A., List-Armitage, S.E., Kennedy, J.A., Cook, S.D. & Valentine, C.A. 1999. Sponges of the Low Isles, Great Barrier Reef: an important scientific site, or a case of mistaken identity? Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 44: 249-262 [259] (Referred to as "Phakelia" in this article rather than Acanthella)
Hooper, J.N.A. & Kennedy, J.A. 2002. Small-scale patterns of sponge biodiversity (Porifera) on Sunshine Coast reefs, eastern Australia. Invertebrate Systematics 16(4): 637-653 [646] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement as Phakellia cavernosa)
Hooper, J.N.A. & Kennedy, J.A. 2002. Small-scale patterns of sponge biodiversity (Porifera) on Sunshine Coast reefs, eastern Australia. Invertebrate Systematics 16(4): 637-653 [640] (Listed in this article as "Phakellia cavernosa")
Hooper, J.N.A. & Lévi, C. 1993. Axinellida from the New Caledonian lagoon (Porifera: Demospongiae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 7(6): 1395-1472 (misidentifications of specimen BMNH 1887.5.2.73 as Acanthella stipitata var. Ridley & Dendy, 1887 see Ridley, S.O. & Dendy, A. 1887. Report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Report of the Scientific Results of the Voyage of the 'Challenger', Zoology Zool. 20(59): 1–275 pls 1–51 [178]; and specimen BMNH 1930.8.13.142 of Burton (1934) op. cit. [565])
Jumaryatno, P., Stapleton, B.L., Hooper, J.N.A., Brecknell, D.J., Blanchfield, J.T. & Garson, M.J. 2007. A Comparison of Sesquiterpene Scaffolds across Different Populations of the Tropical Marine sponge Acanthella caWernosa. Journal of Natural Products 70: 1725–1730
Nevalainen, T.J., Quinn, R.J. & Hooper, J.N.A. 2004. Phospholipase A2 in Porifera. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 137(B): 413-420 [415]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 29-Mar-2018 | 15-Dec-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 29-Mar-2018 | 13-Apr-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |