Species Callyspongia (Cladochalina) diffusa (Ridley, 1884)
- Cladochalina diffusa 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. [672].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH 1882.10.17.57 wet, –57a, slide 3/46 (figured in 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 [pl. 13b,d])), Singapore [1°22'40"N 103°48'55"E].
Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1882.10.17.6 dry (NMV photos 42/0–1). - Chalinopora lamella Lendenfeld, R. von 1887. Die Chalineen des australischen Gebietes. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 2: 723-828 pls 18-26, 28 [757].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM G8931 wet (not found - egaz), Port Jackson, NSW (Twofold Bay, NSW) [33°51'S 151°15'E]; BMNH 1886.8.27.416 wet (=AM G3404 slide); ZMB 2278 (possible syntype - egaz), Twofold Bay [37°06'S 149°55'E]. - Pachychalina multiformis manaarensis Dendy, A. 1889. Report on a second collection of sponges from the Gulf of Manaar. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6 3: 73-99 pls 3-5 [79].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1889.1.21.19 wet (egaz), Tuticorin Peal Banks, Gulf of Mannar, India [8°36'39"N 78°35'27"E]; BMNH 1889.1.21.46–50 5 specimens, dry (egaz), Tuticorin Peal Banks, Gulf of Mannar, India [8°36'39"N 78°35'27"E]; BMNH unregistered 5 slides 3/46 (egaz), Tuticorin Peal Banks, Gulf of Mannar, India [8°36'39"N 78°35'27"E]. - Siphonochalina crassifibra Dendy, A. 1889. Report on a second collection of sponges from the Gulf of Manaar. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6 3: 73-99 pls 3-5 [82] [merged in
Callyspongia diffusa Ridley, 1884 by Burton, M. 1934. Sponges. Science Reports of the Geat Barrier Reef Expedition 4: 513–621 pls 1–2 [541], but may be a synonym ofCallyspongia bullata (Lamarck, 1814)].Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1889.1.21.2 wet (egaz), Tuticorin Pearl Banks, Gulf of Mannar, India [8°36'39"N 78°35'27"E]; BMNH 1889.1.21.74 dry (egaz), Tuticorin Pearl Banks, Gulf of Mannar, India [8°36'39"N 78°35'27"E]; BMNH unregistered 4 slides 3/46 (egaz), Tuticorin Pearl Banks, Gulf of Mannar, India [8°36'39"N 78°35'27"E]. - Chalina pulvinatae Lindgren, N.G. 1897. Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Spongienfauna des Malaiischen Archipels und der Chinesischen Meere. Zoologischer Anzeiger 20: 480-487 [481] [redescribed and figured in Lindgren, N.G. 1898. Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Spongienfauna des Malaiischen Archipels und der Chinesischen Meere. Zoologische Jahrbucher Syst. 11: 283–378 pls 17–20 (295, pl. 18 figs 2, 16, pl. 19 fig. 7), where spelling is changed to pulvinatus].
Type data:
Holotype NHRM (egaz), Java [8°03'18"S 112°13'37"E].
Paratype(s) BMNH 1929.11.26.40 wet fragment of type –402, 2 slides 3/46. - Ceraochalina retiarmata Dendy, A. 1905. Report on the sponges collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. 57-246 pls 1-16 in Herdman, W.A. (ed.). Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar. London : Royal Society Vol. 3 Suppl. 18. [152].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1907.2.1.47 dry (egaz), 20 m, off Chilaw, Sri Lanka [7°34'22"N 79°48'25"E]. - Ceraochalina ceylonica Dendy, A. 1905. Report on the sponges collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. 57-246 pls 1-16 in Herdman, W.A. (ed.). Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar. London : Royal Society Vol. 3 Suppl. 18. [154].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1907.2.1.49 wet (egaz), Gulf of Mannar, Sri Lanka [8°36'39"N 78°35'27"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 [541, part]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Great Barrier Reef, SE coast, TAS coast, W coast, QLD, NSW, TAS, WA; Crab Spit, Mangrove Park, Eagle Is., Low Isles, Port Jackson, Seven Mile Beach, off Lorne, Houtman Abrolhos, also Indian Ocean, Indo-Malayan region, W and central Pacific Ocean.
IMCRA
Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), 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
Intertidal waters–18 m.
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 | 02-May-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |