Species Cervicornia cuspidifera (Lamarck, 1814)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Alcyonium cuspidiferum Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1815. Suites des polypiers empâtés. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 1: 162-168, 331-340 [168] [holotype described in Topsent, E. 1933. Eponges de Lamarck conservées au Muséum de Paris. Fin. Arch. Mus. Natl Hist. Nat. Paris 6 10: 1–60 5 figs pls 1–3 (41, fig. 4, pl. 2 fig. 4); Australian records doubtful on the basis of excessive synonymy in Burton, M. 1959. Sponges. Science Reports of the John Murray Expedition 10: 151–281 41 figs (208)].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP LBIM DT 652 wet, unknown (possibly 'ex Dutch East Indies', now Indonesia).

Generic Combinations

• Cervicornia cuspidifera (Lamarck, 1814). —
  Rützler, K. & Hooper, J. 2000. Two new genera of hadromerid sponges (Demospongea). Zoosystema 22(2): 337-344 [343]

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Unknown. Possibly southern Australian

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

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