Species Acheliderma fistulatus Dendy, 1896

Museums

Regional Maps

• Fusifer fistulatus 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 [49].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) NMV G2356 wet (=BMNH 1902.10.18.61 slide - egaz), 38 m, inside and outside Port Phillip Heads, VIC [38°07'S 144°48'E]; BMNH 1902.10.18.373 slide (egaz), 38 m, inside and outside Port Phillip Heads, VIC [38°07'S 144°48'E]; BMNH 1902.10.18.374 slide (egaz), 38 m, inside and outside Port Phillip Heads, VIC [38°07'S 144°48'E]; AM G2695 slide of RN 1045 (egaz), 38 m, inside and outside Port Phillip Heads, VIC [38°07'S 144°48'E].

  Type locality references:

  Wilson, J. Bracebridge 1895. List of dredging stations at and near Port Phillip Heads. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 7: 261-263 [stations 9,XB].

  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 [102].

 

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 16–57 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)