Species Acarnus wolffgangi Keller, 1889
- Acarnus wolffgangi Keller, C. 1889. Die Spongienfauna des rothen Meeres (1. Hälfte). Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie 48: 311-405 pls 20-25 [399].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZMUZ 800065 dry (egaz), Suakin, Red Sea [22°32'56"N 37°06'43"E]; ZMB No. ? wet (egaz), Suakin, Red Sea [22°32'56"N 37°06'43"E]; BMNH 1908.9.24.161 wet fragment of type (ex ZMB - egaz), Suakin, Red Sea [22°32'56"N 37°06'43"E]. - [Acarnus thielei] 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 [73] [junior homonym of Acarnus thielei Lévi, 1958].
Type data:
Syntype(s) NTM Z855, Z876 (egaz), Channel Is., Darwin, NT [12°33'S 130°52'E].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- van Soest, R.W.M., Hooper, J.N.A. & Hiemstra, F. 1991. Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of the marine sponge genus Acarnus (Porifera: Poecilosclerida). Beaufortia 42(3): 49-88 [56]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory
Extra Distribution Information
N Australia, also Indonesia and Red Sea.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26)
Ecological Descriptors
Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.
Extra Ecological Information
Depth intertidal waters–13 m.
General References
Fromont, J. 2003. Porifera (Sponges) in the Dampier Archipelago: Taxonomic affinities and biogeography. Proceedings of the Twelfth International Marine Biological Workshop. The Marine Flora and Fauna of Dampier, Western Australia. 405-417 pp. [409] (Listed in this article / spelt 'wolfgangi')
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 [73-76]
History of changes
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| 29-Mar-2018 | 15-Dec-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 29-Mar-2018 | 13-Apr-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |