Species Acanthella tenuispiculata Dendy, 1897

Museums

Regional Maps

• Acanthella tenuispiculata Dendy, A. 1897. Catalogue of non-calcareous sponges collected by J. Bracebridge Wilson, Esq., M.A., in the neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads. Part 3. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 9: 230-259 [238].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV G2458 wet (=BMNH 1902.10.18.397 slide - egaz), 35 m, outside Port Phillip Heads, VIC [38°07'S 144°48'E].
  Paratype(s) NMV G2459 dry (status dubious, =BMNH 1902.10.18.70 slide).

  Secondary source:

   Ayling, A.L., Stone, S. & Smith, B.J. 1982. Catalogue of types of sponge species from Southern Australia described by Arthur Dendy. Reports of the National Museum of Victoria 1: 97-109 [106].

 

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 34 m.

 

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
		12-Feb-2010	(import)