Species Acarnus tenuis Dendy, 1896
- Acarnus tenuis Dendy, A. 1896. Catalogue of non-calcareous sponges collected by J. Bracebridge Wilson, Esq., M.A., in the neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads. Part 2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 8: 14-51 [50].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH 1902.10.18.62 slide (primary corresponding material (NMV G2456 wet) now consists of untraceable substrate only - egaz), 10–37 m, Port Phillip Bay, VIC [38°07'S 144°48'E].
Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1902.10.18.375 slide (corresponding material (NMV G2457 wet) now consists of untraceable substrate only); BMNH 1902.10.18.323 slide (corresponding material (RN 1072) presently missing from NMV collection).
Distribution
States
Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Port Phillip Heads.
Known only from type locality.
IMCRA
Bass Strait Shelf Province (35)
Ecological Descriptors
Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.
Extra Ecological Information
Depth 11–34 m.
General References
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]
Hiemstra, F. & Hooper, J.N.A. 1991. Additions to the Indo-Australian representatives of Acarnus Gray (Porifera: Demospongiae: Poecilosclerida), with description of a new species. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 30(3): 433-442 [434]
Hooper, J.N.A. 1987. New records of Acarnus Gray (Porifera: Demospongiae: Poecilosclerida) from Australia, with a synopsis of the genus. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 25(1): 71-105 [87]
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 | 02-May-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |