Species Ascaltis cavata (Carter, 1886)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Clathrina cavata Carter, H.J. 1886. Description of sponges from the neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads, South Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 17: 431-441, 502-516 [432].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1887.7.12.1, Port Phillip Heads or Westernport Bay, VIC [38°07'S 144°48'E or 38°22'S 145°20'E].
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1887.7.12.2; BMNH 1887.7.12.36 (probable); BMNH 1956.4.26.7–8 (probable); BMNH 1924.2.6.2 slide (possible).

  Secondary source:

   Burton, M. 1963. A Revision of the Classification of the Calcareous Sponges. London : British Museum pp. 1-693 figs 1-375. [579].

 

Generic Combinations

• Ascaltis cavata (Carter, 1886). —
  Klautau, M. & Valentine, C. 2003. Revision of the genus Clathrina (Porifera, Calcarea). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 139: 1–62 [3]
• Leucosolenia cavata (Carter, 1886). —
  Dendy, A. 1891. A monograph of the Victorian sponges. Part 1. The organisation and classification of the Calcarea Homocoela, with descriptions of the Victorian species. Transactions of the Royal Society of Victoria 3: 1-81 pls 1-11 [56]

 

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.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
29-Mar-2018	PORIFERA Grant, 1836	21-Jul-2017	MODIFIED	Dr Kathryn Hall
20-Dec-2011		20-Dec-2011	MOVED
		23-Feb-2012	MODIFIED