Species Biemna saucia Hooper, Capon & Hodder, 1991
- Biemna saucia Hooper, J.N.A., Capon, R.J. & Hodder, R.A. 1991. A new species of toxic marine sponge (Porifera: Demospongiae: Poecilosclerida) from northwest Australia. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 8(1): 27-36 [28].
Type data:
Holotype NTM Z2644, East Point, Darwin, NT.
Paratype(s) NTM Z2626.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
From Port Hedland to Darwin.
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 6–74 m.
General References
Hooper, J.N.A., Capon, R.J., Keenan, C.P., Parry, D.L. & Smit, N. 1992. Chemotaxonomy of marine sponges: families Microcionidae, Raspailiidae and Axinellidae, and their relationships with other families in the orders Poecilosclerida and Axinellida (Porifera: Demospongiae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 6(2): 261-301 [263]
Isbister, G.K. & Hooper, J.N.A. 2005. Clinical effects of stings by sponges of the genus Tedania and a review of sponge stings worldwide. Toxicon 46: 782-785 [783]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 29-Mar-2018 | 15-Dec-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 29-Mar-2018 | 13-Apr-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |