Species Callyspongia (Callyspongia) exigua (Lendenfeld, 1887)

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• Euchalina exigua Lendenfeld, R. von 1887. Die Chalineen des australischen Gebietes. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 2: 723-828 pls 18-26, 28 [818] [collective name for varieties simplex and arborea, no nominate subspecies].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) AM G8923 dry (NMV photo 3/25), locality unknown; ZMB 1165 3 slides, locality unknown; BMNH 1954.2.12.72 slide 3/52, locality unknown.
• Euchalina exigua simplex Lendenfeld, R. von 1887. Die Chalineen des australischen Gebietes. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 2: 723-828 pls 18-26, 28 [818].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1886.8.27.473 wet (=AM 93526 slide - egaz), Port Jackson, NSW [33°51'S 151°15'E].
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1886.8.27.472 dry (NMV photo 44/5); AM G8917 dry (NMV photo 3/24); AM Z126 wet (NMV photo 13/13); BMNH 1886.8.27.472a slide 3/52.
• Euchalina exigua arborea Lendenfeld, R. von 1887. Die Chalineen des australischen Gebietes. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 2: 723-828 pls 18-26, 28 [818].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1886.8.27.474 dry (=AM 93527 slide - egaz - QLD), E Coast, QLD [20°00'S 145°00'E]; AM Z474 dry (NMV photo 3/22 - egaz - QLD), E Coast, QLD [20°00'S 145°00'E]; AM A5548 dry (NMV photo 3/23 - egaz - QLD), E Coast, QLD [20°00'S 145°00'E]; AM Z474a wet (NMV photos 13/9,10 - egaz - QLD), E Coast, QLD [20°00'S 145°00'E]; BMNH 1886.8.27.474a unregistered, 2 slides 3/52 (egaz - QLD), E Coast, QLD [20°00'S 145°00'E].

  Secondary source:

   Burton, M. 1934. Sponges. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 4: 513-621 pls 1-2.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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] [93]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

NE coast, SE coast, QLD, NSW; Port Jackson and Maroubra.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
29-Mar-2018		15-Dec-2011	MOVED
29-Mar-2018		02-May-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)