Species Caulospongia perfoliata (Lamarck, 1814)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Spongia perfoliata Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de Monet 1814. Sur les polypiers empâtés. Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 20: 294-312, 370-386, 432-458 [439].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MNHN Paris LBIM DT 3368 Lamarck Collection, Australian Seas.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1953.11.9.71 slide; BMNH 1953.11.9.71 slide, North Australia.
• Caulospongia verticillata Saville-Kent, W. 1871. On a genus of sponges from North Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1871: 615-616 [616].

  Type data:

   Holotype formerly in LFM (destroyed in 1941), North Australia.

  Secondary source:

   Stone, S.M. 1986. Index to Important Sponge Collections. Autumn 1986. London : British Museum (Natural History) Vol. 47. [19]; Fromont, J. 1998. Revision of the marine sponge genus Caulospongia Saville Kent, 1871 (Demospongiae: Hadromerida). Part 1. Morphological and skeletal characters. Records of the Western Australian Museum 19: 65-89 [68].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Hallmann, E.F. 1914. A revision of the monaxonid species described as new in Lendenfeld's 'Catalogue of the sponges in the Australian Museum'. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 39(Part 1): 263–315 1 fig. pls 15–24 [306]
• Topsent, E. 1932. Eponges de Lamarck conservées au Muséum de Paris. Deuxième partie. Archives du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 6 8: 61-124 2 figs pls 1-6 [85]

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Fremantle, ('North Australia' and 'Australian Seas').

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

 

General References

Fromont, J. 1998. Revision of the marine sponge genus Caulospongia Saville Kent, 1871 (Demospongiae: Hadromerida). Part 1. Morphological and skeletal characters. Records of the Western Australian Museum 19: 65-89 [68]

 

History of changes

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)