Genus Asbestopluma Topsent, 1901

Museums

Regional Maps

• Asbestopluma Norman, A.M. in Bowerbank, J.S. & Norman, A.M. 1882. A Monograph of the British Spongiadae (supplementary). London : Ray Society Vol. 4 250 pp. 17 pls. [23] [Asbestopluma Norman ms. in Lankester, 1882, and Vosmaer, 1886, is a nom. nud.].

  Type species:

   Cladorhiza pennatula Schmidt, 1875 by subsequent designation, see Topsent, E. 1901. Spongiaires. pp. 1–54 6 pls in, Expédition Antarctique Belge. Résultats du voyage du S.Y. Belgica en 1897–1898–1899. Rapports scientifiques. Zoologie.

  Secondary source:

   Lankester, E.R. 1882. Dredging in the Norwegian fjords. Nature (London) 26: 478-479 [478]; Vosmaer, G.C.J. 1887. Porifera. In Bronn, H.G. Die Klassen und Ordnungen des Thierreichs 2: i-xii 1-496 pls 1-34 [390].
• Cotylina Lundbeck, W. 1905. Porifera (Part II). Desmacidonidae (pars). Danish Ingolf-Expedition 6(2): 1-219 pls 1-20 [68] [introduced as a subgenus of Asbestopluma Norman, 1882].

  Type species:

   Esperella infundibulum Levinsen, 1887 by subsequent designation, see Wiedenmayer, F. in Hooper, J.N.A. & Wiedenmayer, F. 1994. Porifera. pp. 1-620 in Wells, A. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia Vol. 12 xiii 624 pp. [Date published 21/Nov/1994].
• Helophloeina Topsent, E. 1929. Notes sur Helophloeina stylivarians n.g. n.sp., Mycaline à desmes des Canaries. Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique Monaco 533: 1-8.
• Cometella Schmidt, O. 1870. Grundzüge einer Spongien-Fauna des atlantischen Gebietes. Leipzig : Wilhelm Engelmann pp.1-88. [nomen oblitum].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Wiedenmayer, F. in Hooper, J.N.A. & Wiedenmayer, F. 1994. Porifera. pp. 1-620 in Wells, A. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia Vol. 12 xiii 624 pp. [Date published 21/Nov/1994]
• Ekins, M., Erpenbeck, D. & Hooper, J.N.A. 2020. Carnivorous sponges from the Australian Bathyal and Abyssal zones collected during the RV Investigator 2017 Expedition. Zootaxa 4774(1): 001–159

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Arctic, NE Atlantic Ocean, N Pacific Ocean, Antarctic and Subantarctic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Macquarie Island Province (24), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory

Distribution References

Diagnosis

Cladorhizidae with palmate anisochelae.

 

ID Keys

See Family Cladorhizidae Diagnosis.

 

Diagnosis References

Hajdu, E. & Vacelet, J. 2002. Family Cladorhizidae Dendy, 1922. pp. 636-641 in Hooper, J.N.A. & van Soest, R.W.M. (eds). Systema Porifera: A guide to the classification of sponges. New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers Vol. 1. [637]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
03-Mar-2022	DEMOSPONGIAE Sollas, 1885	04-Aug-2021	MODIFIED
29-Mar-2018	DEMOSPONGIAE Sollas, 1885	07-Jul-2016	MODIFIED	ABRS
29-Mar-2018		15-Dec-2011	MOVED
29-Mar-2018		13-Apr-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)