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Species Callyspongia (Euplacella) frondosa (Lendenfeld, 1887)

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Species Callyspongia (Euplacella) frondosa (Lendenfeld, 1887)

  • Euplacella australis Lendenfeld, R. von 1887. Die Chalineen des australischen Gebietes. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 2: 723-828 pls 18-26, 28 [789] [junior secondary homonym of Dactylochalina australis Lendenfeld, 1886].
    Type data:
     Holotype BMNH 1886.8.27.591 dry (NMV photo 44/8, =AM 3468 slide - egaz), Torres Strait [10°25'S 142°10'E].
  • Euplacella frondosa Lendenfeld, R. von 1887. Die Chalineen des australischen Gebietes. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 2: 723-828 pls 18-26, 28 [789] [possibly a synonym of Callyspongia bilamellata see Burton, M. 1927. A revision of the genera and species contained in Lendenfeld's ‘Die Chalineen des australischen Gebietes’. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 20: 289–296, 502–512 (509) and Burton, M. 1934. Sponges. Science Reports of the Geat Barrier Reef Expedition 4: 513–621 pls 1–2 (598) under Euplacella mollissima].
    Type data:
     
    Syntype(s) BMNH 1886.8.27.424 dry (NMV photo 43/25, =AM G3469 slide - egaz), Port Jackson, NSW; Gulf St Vincent, SA [33°51'S 151°15'E, 35°00'S 138°05'E]; BMNH 1886.8.27.453 wet, –453a, slide 3/59 (egaz), Port Jackson, NSW; Gulf St Vincent, SA [33°51'S 151°15'E, 35°00'S 138°05'E]; BMNH 1954.2.12.88 slide 3/59 (egaz), Port Jackson, NSW; Gulf St Vincent, SA [33°51'S 151°15'E, 35°00'S 138°05'E].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Great Barrier Reef, SE coast, S coast, QLD, NSW, SA; Torres Strait, Port Jackson, off Coogee, off Bulgo, off Wollongong and Gulf St Vincent.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 90–115 m.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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)