Species Aphroceras alcicornis Gray, 1858

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• Aphroceras alcicornis Gray, J.E. 1858. Description of Aphroceras, a new genus of Calcareous Spongiadae brought from Hong Kong by Dr. Harland. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 26: 113-114 pl. 10 figs 1-2 [113].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1955.11.2.31 dry, Hong Kong [22°26'37"N 114°05'43"E].

  Secondary source:

   Burton, M. 1963. A Revision of the Classification of the Calcareous Sponges. London : British Museum pp. 1-693 figs 1-375. [633].
• Cyathiscus actinia Haeckel, E. 1870. Prodromus eines Systems der Kalkschwämme. Jenaische Zeitschrift für Medizin und Naturwissenschaft 5: 236-254 [also appeared in English as: Haeckel, E. 1870. Prodromus of a system of the Calcareous sponges. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4)5:176–191] [241] [available by indication: monotypy of defined genus; cited as synonym of Leucandra alcicornis (Gray, 1858) by Haeckel, E. 1872. Die Kalkschwämme. Eine Monographie in zwei Bänden Text und einem Atlas mit 60 Tafeln Abbildungen. Berlin : Georg Reimer . [part translated in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4)11: 241–262, 421–430] (184)].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, PMJ ? (not found), Honolulu, Hawaii [21°19'44"N 157°51'43"W].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Dendy, A. & Row, R.W.H. 1913. The classification and phylogeny of the calcareous sponges, with a reference list of all the described species, systematically arranged. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1913: 704-813 [491]

Distribution

States

Tasmania, Victoria

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.

History of changes