Species Callyspongia (Callyspongia) ramosa (Gray, 1843)

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• Spongia ramosa Gray, J.E. 1843. Additional radiated animals and Annelides. pp. 292-295 in Dieffenbach, E. (ed.). Travels in New Zealand: with contributions to the geography, geology, botany and natural history of that country. London : John Murray Vol. 2. [295] [the lectotype, two paralectotypes, and one fragment of a paralectotype correspond to specimens A,B,C,D in Dendy, A. 1898. On the sponges described in Diffenbach's ‘New Zealand’. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 30: 316–320 pls 33–34 and are now in Christchurch (CMNZ); specimen B is wrongly identified as BMNH 1842.12.2.122 by Dendy op. cit. and Burton, M. 1934. Sponges. Science Reports of the Geat Barrier Reef Expedition 4: 513–621 pls 1–2; the redescription by Burton op. cit. is mistakenly based on the specimens not figured; two paralectotypes (BMNH 1842.12.2.124 and Dendy's specimen D) probably belong to Callyspongia serpentina (Lamarck, 1814)].

  Type data:

   Lectotype CMNZ (Dendy's specimen A, not identifiable with any register number - egaz), New Zealand [27°34'19"S 177°59'49"E].
  Paralectotype(s) 6 specimens, all dry; BMNH 1842.12.2.120 (NMV photo 42/9, –120a, slide 3/50); BMNH 1842.12.2.122 (NMV photo 42/8, –122a, slide 3/50); BMNH 1842.12.2.124 (NMV photo 42/7, –124a, slide 3/50); BMNH 1842.12.2.125 fragment of type (NMV photo 42/7, –125a, slide 3/50); CMNZ (BMNH 1842.12.2.121); CMNZ (BMNH 1842.12.2.123); CMNZ fragment of type (BMNH 1842.12.2.125); CMNZ (BMNH 1842.12.2.126).

  Secondary source:

   Dendy, A. 1898. On the sponges described in Diffenbach's 'New Zealand'. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 30: 316–320 pls 33–34 [318, pl. 33] (for BMNH 1842.12.2.123 and BMNH 1842.12.2.125); Burton, M. 1934. Sponges. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 4: 513-621 pls 1-2 [603].
• Cladochalina nuda Ridley, S.O. 1884. Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of H.M.S. Alert, 1881–1882. Spongiida. (Part 1, Australian sponges). London : British Museum (Natural History) 366-482, pls 39-43. [395] [nominate subspecies].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1882.2.23.334 wet, –334a, slide 3/51 (egaz), 14 m, Alert and West Ils, Torres Strait [10°22'S 142°02'E].
• Cladochalina nuda abruptispicula Ridley, S.O. 1884. Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of H.M.S. Alert, 1881–1882. Spongiida. (Part 1, Australian sponges). London : British Museum (Natural History) 366-482, pls 39-43. [396].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1882.2.23.911 wet, –911a, slide 3/51 (egaz), Thursday Is., Torres Strait [10°35'S 142°13'E].
• Chalina polychotoma trichotoma Carter, H.J. 1885. Description of sponges from the neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads, South Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 15: 107-117 [115].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, BMNH (not found), 36 m, Port Phillip Heads, VIC [38°07'S 144°48'E].
• Chalina polychotoma oculata Carter, H.J. 1885. Description of sponges from the neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads, South Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 16: 277-294 [284] [in part, type series composite].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1886.12.15.152 dry (NMV photo 43/33 - egaz), Port Phillip Heads, VIC [38°07'S 144°48'E].
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1886.12.15.153 dry (NMV photo 43/33); BMNH 1886.12.15.155 dry (NMV photo 43/34,35, =Echinoclathria axinelloides (Dendy)); BMNH 1886.12.15.154 dry (=Callyspongia serpentina); BMNH 1886.12.15.156 dry (NMV photo 44/01, =Callyspongia serpentina); BMNH 1886.12.15.152a–153a–154a, –156a slides 3/52.
• Dactylochalina cylindrica Lendenfeld, R. von 1886. Studies on sponges. Part 4. Two cases of mimicry in sponges. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 10: 569-574 pls 43-44 [570] [unrecognisable, designated as type species of Dactylochalina Lendenfield, 1886; Illawara specimen figured in Lendenfeld, R. von 1889. A Monograph of the Horny Sponges. London : Trübner & Co. 936 pp. 17 figs 50 pls. (pl. 2 fig. 1)].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) AM G8941 dry (Illawarra, NMV photo 2/23), Port Jackson, NSW (Illawarra, NSW, Busselton, Geographe Bay, WA) [33°51'S 151°15'E]; ZMB 2280 slide (egaz), Busselton [33°39'S 115°20'E].
• Dactylochalina reticulata Lendenfeld, R. von 1886. Studies on sponges. Part 4. Two cases of mimicry in sponges. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 10: 569-574 pls 43-44 [571] [unrecognisable].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) AM G8939 dry (NMV photos 7/10,11), Port Jackson, NSW [33°51'S 151°15'E]; BMNH 1886.8.27.467 dry, 467a slide 3/46 (NMV photos 42/2,3), Port Jackson, NSW [33°51'S 151°15'E]; BMNH 1886.8.27.467a unregistered 2 slides 3/87, Port Jackson, NSW [33°51'S 151°15'E].
• Dactylochalina australis Lendenfeld, R. von 1886. An alga, forming a pseudomorph of a siliceous sponge. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 10: 726-728 pl. 48 fig. 5 [726] [in part, WA material probably =Prosuberites epiphytum].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1886.8.27.469 wet (=AM G3511 slide - egaz), Port Jackson, NSW; Port Phillip Bay, VIC; WA [33°51'S 151°15'E, 38°07'S 144°48'E]; ZMB 1162 3 slides (egaz), Port Jackson [33°51'S 151°15'E]; ZMB 10404 slide (egaz), Port Jackson [33°51'S 151°15'E]; BMNH 1886.8.27.466a (egaz), Port Phillip [38°07'S 144°48'E]; BMNH 1886.8.27.469a 2 slides 3/52 (egaz), Port Jackson [33°51'S 151°15'E].
• Cladochalina dendroides Lendenfeld, R. von 1887. Die Chalineen des australischen Gebietes. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 2: 723-828 pls 18-26, 28 [769] [syntype in BMNH redescribed in Burton, M. 1934. Sponges. Science Reports of the Geat Barrier Reef Expedition 4: 513–621 pls 1–2 (605)].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1886.8.27.580 dry (=AM G3419 slide - egaz - NZ), Port Chalmers, New Zealand [27°34'19"S 177°59'49"E]; ZMB 3009 6 slides (egaz), New Zealand [27°34'19"S 177°59'49"E].
• Cladochalina mammillata Lendenfeld, R. von 1887. Die Chalineen des australischen Gebietes. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 2: 723-828 pls 18-26, 28 [769] [holotype redescribed in Burton, M. 1934. Sponges. Science Reports of the Geat Barrier Reef Expedition 4: 513–621 pls 1–2 (605)].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1886.8.27.579 dry (=AM G3420 slide - egaz - NZ), Port Chalmers, New Zealand [27°34'19"S 177°59'49"E].
• Cladochalina tenuirhaphis Lendenfeld, R. von 1887. Die Chalineen des australischen Gebietes. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 2: 723-828 pls 18-26, 28 [769] [holotype redescribed in Burton, M. 1934. Sponges. Science Reports of the Geat Barrier Reef Expedition 4: 513–621 pls 1–2 (606)].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1886.8.27.578 dry (=AM G3421 slide - egaz), Port Chalmers, New Zealand [27°34'19"S 177°59'49"E].
• Pachychalina paucispina Lendenfeld, R. von 1887. Die Chalineen des australischen Gebietes. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 2: 723-828 pls 18-26, 28 [776] [junior secondary homonym of Chalinopora paucispina Lendenfeld, 1887; holotype redescribed in Burton, M. 1934. Sponges. Science Reports of the Geat Barrier Reef Expedition 4: 513–621 pls 1–2 (606)].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1886.8.27.509 dry (=AM G3436 slide - egaz), New Zealand [27°34'19"S 177°59'49"E].
• Pachychalina elegans Lendenfeld, R. von 1887. Die Chalineen des australischen Gebietes. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 2: 723-828 pls 18-26, 28 [777] [junior secondary homonym of Cladochalina elegans Lendenfeld, 1887; syntype in BMNH redescribed in Burton, M. 1934. Sponges. Science Reports of the Geat Barrier Reef Expedition 4: 513–621 pls 1–2 (606)].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1886.8.27.505 dry (=AM G3442 - egaz), Port Chalmers, New Zealand [37°47'S 149°43'E]; ZMB 1167 3 slides (egaz), Port Chalmers, New Zealand [37°47'S 149°43'E]; ZMB 3010 3 slides (egaz), Port Chalmers, New Zealand [37°47'S 149°43'E].
• Pachychalina macrospina Lendenfeld, R. von 1887. Die Chalineen des australischen Gebietes. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 2: 723-828 pls 18-26, 28 [777] [holotype redescribed in Burton, M. 1934. Sponges. Science Reports of the Geat Barrier Reef Expedition 4: 513–621 pls 1–2 (606), but this cannot now be collated with the specimen identified below, labelled 'Pachychalina macropora, Port Chalmers', of doubtful status; no specimen labelled 'Pachychalina macrospina' was found].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1886.8.27.590 dry (as macropora, =AM G3440 slide as macrospina), Port Chalmers, New Zealand [27°34'19"S 177°59'49"E].
• Pachychalina ramulosa digitata Lendenfeld, R. von 1887. Die Chalineen des australischen Gebietes. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 2: 723-828 pls 18-26, 28 [777] [as digitata, junior secondary homonym of Chalinissa communis digitata Lendenfeld, 1887; holotype redescribed in Burton, M. 1934. Sponges. Science Reports of the Geat Barrier Reef Expedition 4: 513–621 pls 1–2 (606)].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1886.8.27.508 dry (=AM G3438 slide - egaz), Port Chalmers, New Zealand [27°34'19"S 177°59'49"E].
• Pachychalina ramulosa lamella Lendenfeld, R. von 1887. Die Chalineen des australischen Gebietes. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 2: 723-828 pls 18-26, 28 [777] [as lamella, junior secondary homonym of Chalinopora lamella Lendenfeld, 1887; holotype redescribed in Burton, M. 1934. Sponges. Science Reports of the Geat Barrier Reef Expedition 4: 513–621 pls 1–2 (606)].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1886.8.27.504 dry (=AM G3437 slide - egaz), New Zealand [27°34'19"S 177°59'49"E].
• Pachychalina oculata Lendenfeld, R. von 1887. Die Chalineen des australischen Gebietes. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 2: 723-828 pls 18-26, 28 [778] [holotype redescribed in Burton, M. 1934. Sponges. Science Reports of the Geat Barrier Reef Expedition 4: 513–621 pls 1–2 (608)].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1886.8.27.506 dry (egaz), Mauritius [20°13'19"S 57°35'34"E].
• Pachychalina rigida Lendenfeld, R. von 1887. Die Chalineen des australischen Gebietes. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 2: 723-828 pls 18-26, 28 [778] [junior secondary homonym of Chalinissa rigida Lendenfeld, 1887; holotype redescribed in Burton, M. 1934. Sponges. Science Reports of the Geat Barrier Reef Expedition 4: 513–621 pls 1–2 (607)].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1886.8.27.507 dry (=AM G3441 slide - egaz), New Zealand [27°34'19"S 177°59'49"E].
• Ceraochalina papillata macropora Lendenfeld, R. von 1887. Die Chalineen des australischen Gebietes. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 2: 723-828 pls 18-26, 28 [780] [as macropora, junior secondary homonym of Chalinella macropora Lendenfeld, 1887; lectotype redescribed in Burton, M. 1934. Sponges. Science Reports of the Geat Barrier Reef Expedition 4: 513–621 pls 1–2 (607)].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1886.8.27.438 dry (=AM G3443 - egaz), New Zealand [27°34'19"S 177°59'49"E].
  Paralectotype(s) ZMB 1169 slides.
• Ceraochalina papillata intermedia Lendenfeld, R. von 1887. Die Chalineen des australischen Gebietes. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 2: 723-828 pls 18-26, 28 [781] [as intermedia, junior secondary homonym of Siphonochalina intermedia Ridley & Dendy, 1886; holotype redescribed in Burton, M. 1934. Sponges. Science Reports of the Geat Barrier Reef Expedition 4: 513–621 pls 1–2 (607)].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1886.8.27.431 dry (=AM G3445 slide - egaz - NZ), Port Chalmers, New Zealand [27°34'19"S 177°59'49"E].
• Ceraochalina papillata micropora Lendenfeld, R. von 1887. Die Chalineen des australischen Gebietes. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 2: 723-828 pls 18-26, 28 [781] [holotype redescribed in Burton, M. 1934. Sponges. Science Reports of the Geat Barrier Reef Expedition 4: 513–621 pls 1–2 (607)].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1886.8.27.432 dry (=AM G3444 slide - egaz), Port Chalmers, New Zealand [27°34'19"S 177°59'49"E].
• Ceraochalina nuda oxyus Lendenfeld, R. von 1887. Die Chalineen des australischen Gebietes. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 2: 723-828 pls 18-26, 28 [782] [unnecessary nom. nov. for Cladochalina nuda nuda Ridley, 1884].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s).
• Ceraochalina nuda oxystrongylus Lendenfeld, R. von 1887. Die Chalineen des australischen Gebietes. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 2: 723-828 pls 18-26, 28 [782] [unnecessary nom. nov. for Cladochalina nuda abruptispicula Ridley, 1884].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s).
• Ceraochalina levis Lendenfeld, R. von 1887. Die Chalineen des australischen Gebietes. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 2: 723-828 pls 18-26, 28 [782] [lectotype and first paralectotype redescribed in Burton, M. 1934. Sponges. Science Reports of the Geat Barrier Reef Expedition 4: 513–621 pls 1–2 (604) (number of second paralectotype misquoted, third paralectotype omitted)].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1886.8.27.443 (figured as lectotype), Port Chalmers, New Zealand [27°34'19"S 177°59'49"E].
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1886.8.27.433 dry (=AM 3448 slide), Torres Strait [10°25'S 142°10'E]; BMNH 1886.8.27.435 dry (=AM 3447 slide), Port Chalmers, algal pseudomorph [?]; BMNH 1886.8.27.4.45 wet, Port Chalmers [no coords available]; ZMB 1172 slides (egaz), Torres Strait [10°25'S 142°10'E]; ZMB 3013 slides (egaz), NZ [27°34'19"S 177°59'49"E]; BMNH 1886.8.27.433a–443a, 1954.2.10.101 3 slides, 3/51.
• Ceraochalina multiformis lamella Lendenfeld, R. von 1887. Die Chalineen des australischen Gebietes. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 2: 723-828 pls 18-26, 28 [783] [as lamella, junior secondary homonym of Chalinopora lamella Lendenfeld, 1887; holotype redescribed in Burton, M. 1934. Sponges. Science Reports of the Geat Barrier Reef Expedition 4: 513–621 pls 1–2 (607)].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1886.8.27.429 dry (=AM G3451 slide - egaz), New Zealand [27°34'19"S 177°59'49"E].
• Ceraochalina microrhaphis Lendenfeld, R. von 1887. Die Chalineen des australischen Gebietes. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 2: 723-828 pls 18-26, 28 [783] [holotype redescribed in Burton, M. 1934. Sponges. Science Reports of the Geat Barrier Reef Expedition 4: 513–621 pls 1–2 (607)].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1886.8.27.442 dry (=AM G3449 slide - egaz - NZ), Port Chalmers, New Zealand [27°34'19"S 177°59'49"E].
• Ceraochalina multiformis maeandra Lendenfeld, R. von 1887. Die Chalineen des australischen Gebietes. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 2: 723-828 pls 18-26, 28 [783] [holotype redescribed in Burton, M. 1934. Sponges. Science Reports of the Geat Barrier Reef Expedition 4: 513–621 pls 1–2 (607)].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1886.8.27.426 dry (=AM G3450 slide - egaz - NZ), Port Chalmers, New Zealand [27°34'19"S 177°59'49"E].
• Ceraochalina multiformis digitata Lendenfeld, R. von 1887. Die Chalineen des australischen Gebietes. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 2: 723-828 pls 18-26, 28 [784] [junior secondary homonym of Chalinissa communis digitata Lendenfeld, 1887; in part only; syntype from Port Jackson is Callyspongia diffusa (Ridley, 1884)].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1886.8.27.425 wet (=AM G3454 slide 3/46; not BMNH 1886.8.27.440 dry - Chatham Is. - egaz), Port Jackson, NSW [33°51'S 151°15'E]; BMNH 1886.8.27.440a–441a (–425a, 3 slides 3/5 - egaz), Port Jackson, NSW [33°51'S 151°15'E]; BMNH 1886.8.27.441 dry (Port Chalmers, =AM G3453 slide - egaz), Port Jackson, NSW [33°51'S 151°15'E].

  Secondary source:

   Burton, M. 1934. Sponges. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 4: 513-621 pls 1-2 [607].
• Ceraochalina multiformis dura Lendenfeld, R. von 1887. Die Chalineen des australischen Gebietes. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 2: 723-828 pls 18-26, 28 [784] [syntype in BMNH redescribed in Burton, M. 1934. Sponges. Science Reports of the Geat Barrier Reef Expedition 4: 513–621 pls 1–2 (608)].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1886.8.27.428 dry (=AM G3456 slide - egaz), Port Chalmers, New Zealand [27°34'19"S 177°59'49"E]; ZMB 1171 4 slides, Port Chalmers, New Zealand [27°34'19"S 177°59'49"E].
• Ceraochalina multiformis elegans Lendenfeld, R. von 1887. Die Chalineen des australischen Gebietes. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 2: 723-828 pls 18-26, 28 [784] [a junior secondary homonym of Cladochalina elegans Lendenfeld, 1887].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1886.8.27.430 dry (=AM G3452 slide - egaz), Westernport Bay, VIC [38°22'S 145°20'E].
• Ceraochalina multiformis mollis Lendenfeld, R. von 1887. Die Chalineen des australischen Gebietes. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 2: 723-828 pls 18-26, 28 [784] [as mollis, junior secondary homonym of Cladochalina mollis Lendenfeld, 1887; holotype redescribed in Burton, M. 1934. Sponges. Science Reports of the Geat Barrier Reef Expedition 4: 513–621 pls 1–2 (608)].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1886.8.27.427 dry (=AM G3455 slide - egaz - NZ), Port Chalmers, New Zealand [27°34'19"S 177°59'49"E].
• Ceraochalina reteplax Lendenfeld, R. von 1887. Die Chalineen des australischen Gebietes. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 2: 723-828 pls 18-26, 28 [785] [holotype redescribed in Burton, M. 1934. Sponges. Science Reports of the Geat Barrier Reef Expedition 4: 513–621 pls 1–2 (608)].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1886.8.27.436 dry (=AM G3457 slide - egaz), Port Chalmers, New Zealand [27°34'19"S 177°59'49"E].
• Ceraochalina tenella Lendenfeld, R. von 1887. Die Chalineen des australischen Gebietes. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 2: 723-828 pls 18-26, 28 [785] [junior secondary homonym of Chalinella tenella Lendenfeld, 1887, per Wiedenmayer, F. in Wiedenmayer, F. & Hooper, J.N.A. 1994. Porifera. pp. 1–620 in Wells, A. (ed). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia Vol. 12 pp. xiii 624].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1886.8.27.434 dry (egaz), Port Phillip Bay, VIC [38°07'S 144°48'E].
• Ceraochalina euplax Lendenfeld, R. von 1887. Die Chalineen des australischen Gebietes. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 2: 723-828 pls 18-26, 28 [785] [junior secondary homonym of Cladochalina euplax Lendenfeld, 1887; holotype redescribed in Burton, M. 1934. Sponges. Science Reports of the Geat Barrier Reef Expedition 4: 513–621 pls 1–2 (608)].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1886.8.27.444 dry (=AM G3459 slide - egaz), New Zealand [27°34'19"S 177°59'49"E].
• Ceraochalina extrema Lendenfeld, R. von 1887. Die Chalineen des australischen Gebietes. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 2: 723-828 pls 18-26, 28 [785] [holotype redescribed in Burton, M. 1934. Sponges. Science Reports of the Geat Barrier Reef Expedition 4: 513–621 pls 1–2 (608)].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1886.8.27.437 dry (egaz), Port Chalmers, New Zealand [27°34'19"S 177°59'49"E].
• Dactylochalina mollis Lendenfeld, R. von 1887. Die Chalineen des australischen Gebietes. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 2: 723-828 pls 18-26, 28 [812] [junior secondary homonym of Cladochalina mollis Lendenfeld, 1887, and of Placochalina pedunculata mollis Lendenfeld, 1887].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1886.8.27.464 dry (=AM G3507 slide), locality unknown.
• Dactylochalina candelabrum Lendenfeld, R. von 1887. Die Chalineen des australischen Gebietes. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 2: 723-828 pls 18-26, 28 [812] [holotype redescribed in Burton, M. 1934. Sponges. Science Reports of the Geat Barrier Reef Expedition 4: 513–621 pls 1–2 (608)].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1886.8.27.468 dry (=AM G3508 slide - egaz), Port Chalmers, New Zealand [27°34'19"S 177°59'49"E].
• Dactylochalina conulata Lendenfeld, R. von 1887. Die Chalineen des australischen Gebietes. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 2: 723-828 pls 18-26, 28 [813] [junior secondary homonym of Chalinopora conulata Lendenfeld, 1887, per Wiedenmayer, F. in Wiedenmayer, F. & Hooper, J.N.A. 1994. Porifera. pp. 1–620 in Wells, A. (ed). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia Vol. 12 pp. xiii 624].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1886.8.27.462 dry (=AM G3509 slide - egaz), Port Jackson, NSW [27°34'19"S 177°59'49"E].
• Euchalinopsis dendroides Lendenfeld, R. von 1887. Die Chalineen des australischen Gebietes. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 2: 723-828 pls 18-26, 28 [816] [junior secondary homonym of Cladochalina dendroides Lendenfeld, 1887].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1886.8.27.602 wet (Port Jackson, =AM G3515 slide - egaz), Illawarra and Port Jackson, NSW [37°04'S 142°42'E and 33°51'S 151°15'E]; BMNH 1886.8.27.599 dry (egaz), Illawarra [37°04'S 142°42'E]; ZMB 1166 3 slides (egaz), Port Jackson [33°51'S 151°15'E]; BMNH 1886.8.27.602a, –599a 4 slides 3/52, 2 unregistered.
• Euchalinopsis minima Lendenfeld, R. von 1887. Die Chalineen des australischen Gebietes. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 2: 723-828 pls 18-26, 28 [816] [syntypes from Port Chalmers, Port Phillip, and Torres Strait redescribed in Burton, M. 1934. Sponges. Science Reports of the Geat Barrier Reef Expedition 4: 513–621 pls 1–2 (608)].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1886.8.27.594 dry (Port Chalmers, =AM G3518 slide - egaz), Port Jackson, NSW; Port Phillip Bay, VIC; Torres Strait; Port Chalmers, New Zealand. [33°51'S 151°15'E, 38°07'S 144°48'E,10°25'S 142°10'E, 27°34'19"S 177°59'49"E]; BMNH 1886.8.27.592 dry (NMV photo 42/6, =AM G3517 slide - egaz), Port Phillip [38°07'S 144°48'E]; BMNH 1886.8.27.601 wet (=AM G3516 slide - egaz), Port Jackson [33°51'S 151°15'E]; BMNH 1886.8.27.595 (=AM G3735 slide - egaz), Torres Strait [10°25'S 142°10'E]; BMNH 1886.8.27.592a, –594a, –595a, 1954.2.12.51 unregistered, 5 slides 3/52.
• Euchalina typica Lendenfeld, R. von 1887. Die Chalineen des australischen Gebietes. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 2: 723-828 pls 18-26, 28 [817] [junior secondary homonym of Chalinopora typica, Ceraochalina typica, and of Siphonochalina typica, all of Lendenfeld, 1887].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1886.8.27.479 dry (=AM G3523 slide - egaz), Port Jackson, NSW (WA, New Zealand) [33°51'S 151°15'E].
  Paralectotype(s) ZMB 2282 4 slides (egaz), WA [25°00'S 122°00'E]; ZMB 3011 4 slides, NZ [27°34'19"S 177°59'49"E]; BMNH 1886.8.27.479a unregistered, 2 slides 3/52.
• Euchalina macropora Lendenfeld, R. von 1887. Die Chalineen des australischen Gebietes. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 2: 723-828 pls 18-26, 28 [818] [junior secondary homonym of Chalinissa macropora Lendenfeld, 1887].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1886.8.27.470 dry (=AM G3525 slide - egaz), Port Jackson, NSW [27°34'19"S 177°59'49"E].
• Euchalina paucispina Lendenfeld, R. von 1887. Die Chalineen des australischen Gebietes. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 2: 723-828 pls 18-26, 28 [818] [junior secondary homonym of Chalinopora paucispina Lendenfeld, 1887; type specimens redescribed in Burton, M. 1934. Sponges. Science Reports of the Geat Barrier Reef Expedition 4: 513–621 pls 1–2 (608)].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1886.8.27.588 dry (=AM G3524 slide - egaz - NZ), Port Chalmers [27°34'19"S 177°59'49"E].
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1886.8.27.478 dry (egaz), Port Jackson [33°51'S 151°15'E]; BMNH 1886.8.27.477 dry (egaz), Port Phillip Bay [38°07'S 144°48'E]; BMNH 1886.8.27.588a, –478a, –477a 4 unregistered, 7 slides 3/52.
• Euchalina phillippinensis Lendenfeld, R. von 1887. Die Chalineen des australischen Gebietes. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 2: 723-828 pls 18-26, 28 [819] [spelled philippensis on p. 757].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1886.8.27.476 dry (=AM G3528 slide - egaz), Port Phillip Bay, VIC (New Zealand) [38°07'S 144°48'E].
  Paratype(s) BMNH 1886.8.27.475a unregistered, 2 slides 3/52.
• Pachychalina densa Brøndsted, H.V. 1923. Sponges from the Auckland and Campbell Islands. In Mortensen, T. (ed.) Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914–16. XV. Vidensk. Meddr. Dansk. Naturh. Foren. Kbh. 75: 117–167. [125] [synonymy uncertain].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMUC (egaz - NZ), Carnley Harbour and Figure-Eight Is., Auckland Ils [27°34'19"S 177°59'49"E].
• Gelliodes flagelliformis Brøndsted, H.V. 1923. Sponges from the Auckland and Campbell Islands. In Mortensen, T. (ed.) Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914–16. XV. Vidensk. Meddr. Dansk. Naturh. Foren. Kbh. 75: 117–167. [129].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMUC (egaz - NZ), Carnley Harbour, Auckland Ils, New Zealand [27°34'19"S 177°59'49"E].
• Gelliodes filiformis Brøndsted, H.V. 1923. Sponges from the Auckland and Campbell Islands. In Mortensen, T. (ed.) Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914–16. XV. Vidensk. Meddr. Dansk. Naturh. Foren. Kbh. 75: 117–167. [131].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMUC (egaz - NZ), Perserverance Harbour, Campbell Ils, New Zealand [27°34'19"S 177°59'49"E].
• Toxochalina difficilis Brøndsted, H.V. 1923. Sponges from the Auckland and Campbell Islands. In Mortensen, T. (ed.) Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914–16. XV. Vidensk. Meddr. Dansk. Naturh. Foren. Kbh. 75: 117–167. [132].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMUC (egaz - NZ), Carnley Harbour, Auckland Ils, New Zealand [27°34'19"S 177°59'49"E].
• Pachychalina affinis Brøndsted, H.V. 1924. Sponges from New Zealand. Part I. In Mortensen, T. (ed.) Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition, 1914–16. XXIII. Vidensk. Meddr. Dansk Naturh. Foren. Kbh. 77: 435–483. [455].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMUC (egaz - NZ), Little Barrier Is. and Colville Channel, New Zealand [27°34'19"S 177°59'49"E].
• Gelliodes biformis Brøndsted, H.V. 1924. Sponges from New Zealand. Part I. In Mortensen, T. (ed.) Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition, 1914–16. XXIII. Vidensk. Meddr. Dansk Naturh. Foren. Kbh. 77: 435–483. [449] [synonymy uncertain].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMUC (egaz - NZ), Colville Channel, New Zealand [27°34'19"S 177°59'49"E].
• Pachychalina lunae Brøndsted, H.V. 1924. Sponges from New Zealand. Part I. In Mortensen, T. (ed.) Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition, 1914–16. XXIII. Vidensk. Meddr. Dansk Naturh. Foren. Kbh. 77: 435–483. [455] [synonymy uncertain].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMUC (egaz), Halfmoon Bay, Stewart Is., and Puhoi Rock, Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand [49°31'01"N 123°54'14"W, 47°10'11"S 168°03'10"E, 36°33'46"S 174°42'50"E, 27°34'19"S 177°59'49"E].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Burton, M. 1934. Sponges. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 4: 513-621 pls 1-2 [603] (part: composite synonymy, includes synonyms of Callyspongia serpentina (Lamarck, 1814))
• 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] [100] (after Bergquist, P.R. & Warne, K.P. 1980. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Porifera, Demospongiae, Part 3 (Haplosclerida and Nepheliospongida). Memoirs of the N.Z. Oceanographic Institute 87: 1–77 17 pls 4 figs [30, 31] for Gelliodes filiformis Brøndsted, 1923, Gelliodes flagelliformis Brøndsted, 1923, Pachychalina densa Brøndsted, 1923, Toxochalina difficilis Brøndsted, 1923, Gelliodes biformis Brøndsted, 1924, Pachychalina affinis Brøndsted, 1924, Pachychalina lunae Brøndsted, 1924)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Great Barrier Reef, SE coast, Bass Strait, TAS coast, QLD, NSW, VIC, TAS; Thursday Is., Alert and West Ils, Port Jackson, Crookhaven River, Westernport Bay, Port Phillip Heads and Bay, Queenscliff, Sorrento Jetty, Seven Mile Beach, also Indian Ocean, Indo-Malayan region, New Zealand, Subantarctic and Antarctic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth subtidal–120 m.

 

General References

Carpay, M. 1986. The marine sponges of Tasmania. A checklist of a number of marine sponges, occurring along the Tasmanian coast. Unpublished M.Sc. thesis, Department of Bijzondere Dierkunde, Institute of Taxonomic Zoology, Amsterdam. pp. 1–77. [35]

Fromont, J. 1999. Demosponges of the Houtman Abrolhos. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 44: 175-184 [180] (Listed in this article)

Wiedenmayer, F. 1989. Demospongiae (Porifera) from northern Bass Strait (Shelf of Southern Australia). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 50(1): 1-242 [112]

 

History of changes

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