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Species Acanthella cavernosa Dendy, 1922

 

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.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

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 Acanthella pulcherrima Ridley & Dendy, 1886)

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 [640] (Listed in this article 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 [646] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement 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

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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
12-Feb-2010 (import)