Species Ascandra osculum (Carter, 1886)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Clathrina osculum 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 [503].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1887.7.12.37, Port Phillip Heads, VIC [38°07'S 144°48'E].

  Secondary source:

   Burton, M. 1963. A Revision of the Classification of the Calcareous Sponges. London : British Museum pp. 1-693 figs 1-375. [588].
• Leucosolenia proxima 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 [62].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1891.9.19.6, inside Port Phillip Heads, VIC [38°07'S 144°48'E].
  Paralectotype(s) NMV G2401 (slide BMNH 1925.11.1.1705); NMV G2400 slide (another slide BMNH 1925.11.1.1704); BMNH 1891.9.19.10; BMNH 1925.11.1.14; BMNH 1925.21.1.27; BMNH 1925.21.1.27; BMNH 1925.11.1.1706 slide; BMNH 1925.11.1.1703 slide.

  Secondary source:

   Burton, M. 1963. A Revision of the Classification of the Calcareous Sponges. London : British Museum pp. 1-693 figs 1-375. [590]; 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 [104].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Burton, M. 1963. A Revision of the Classification of the Calcareous Sponges. London : British Museum pp. 1-693 figs 1-375. [223]

Distribution

States

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