Species Axos cliftoni Gray, 1867

Museums

Regional Maps

• Axos cliftoni Gray, J.E. 1867. Notes on the arrangement of sponges, with the description of some new genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867: 492-558 pls 27-28 [546].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1870.8.26.31 dry, Nickol Bay, Dampier Archipelago, WA [20°30´S 117°E].
  Paratype(s) BMNH 1954.3.9.519–523 slides (of holotype).

  Secondary source:

   Burton, M. 1934. Sponges. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 4: 513-621 pls 1-2 [549]; Hooper, J.N.A. 1986. Revision of the marine sponge genus Axos Gray (Demospongiae: Axinellida) from Northwest Australia. The Beagle. Occasional Papers of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences 3(1): 167-189 pl. 1 [173].
• Echinospongia australis Gray, J.E. 1870. Note on a new genus of sponge from West Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 6: 272 [272].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH unregistered dry (shelf D.A.39, NMV photos 41/7–9), Nickol Bay, NW Australia, WA [20°39'S 116°52'E].

  Secondary source:

   Hooper, J.N.A. 1986. Revision of the marine sponge genus Axos Gray (Demospongiae: Axinellida) from Northwest Australia. The Beagle. Occasional Papers of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences 3(1): 167-189 pl. 1 [173].
• Dictyocylindrus dentatus Bowerbank, J.S. 1873. Contributions to a general history of the Spongiadae. Part V. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1873: 319-333 pls 28-31 [321].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH unregistered dry (shelf D.A.39, NMV photos 41/7–9), Nickol Bay, Dampier Archipelago, WA [20°39'S 116°52'E].

  Secondary source:

   Hooper, J.N.A. 1986. Revision of the marine sponge genus Axos Gray (Demospongiae: Axinellida) from Northwest Australia. The Beagle. Occasional Papers of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences 3(1): 167-189 pl. 1 [173].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Hooper, J.N.A. 1986. Revision of the marine sponge genus Axos Gray (Demospongiae: Axinellida) from Northwest Australia. The Beagle. Occasional Papers of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences 3(1): 167-189 pl. 1 [173]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Dampier Archipelago.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 35–80 m.

 

General References

Fromont, J. 2003. Porifera (Sponges) in the Dampier Archipelago: Taxonomic affinities and biogeography. Proceedings of the Twelfth International Marine Biological Workshop. The Marine Flora and Fauna of Dampier, Western Australia. 405-417 pp. [409] (Listed in this article)

 

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)