Species Chondrilla australiensis Carter, 1873
- Chondrilla australiensis Carter, H.J. 1873. On two new species of Gummineae, with special and general observations. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 12: 17-30 pl. 1 [23].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1895.8.9.1 wet, Port Jackson, NSW [33°51'S 151°15'E].
Paratype(s) BMNH 1954.3.9.4 slide; BMNH 1895.8.9.1a slide 1/72. - Chondrilla corticata Lendenfeld, R. von 1885. A monograph of the Australian sponges. Part 4. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 10: 3-22 pls 1-5 [18].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM G9050 wet (NMV photos 12/0,1), Port Jackson, NSW [33°51'S 151°15'E]; BMNH 1886.6.7.82 wet (=slide 1/72), Port Jackson, NSW [33°51'S 151°15'E]; BMNH 1886.6.7.101 wet (=slide 1/72), Port Jackson, NSW [33°51'S 151°15'E]; BMNH 1886.6.7.83 slide 1/72, Port Jackson, NSW [33°51'S 151°15'E]; ZMB 6509 slide, Port Jackson, NSW [33°51'S 151°15'E]; ZMB 2310 wet (slide), Port Jackson, NSW [33°51'S 151°15'E]. - Chondrilla papillata Lendenfeld, R. von 1885. A monograph of the Australian sponges. Part 4. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 10: 3-22 pls 1-5 [17].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM G9051 wet (NMV photos 21/22,23), 10–30 m, Port Jackson, NSW, [Port Phillip Bay, VIC] [33°51'S 151°15'E, 38°07'S 144°48'E]; BMNH 1886.6.7.84 wet; BMNH 1886.6.7.85 slide 1/72; BMNH 1886.6.7.86 slide 1/72; BMNH 1954.2.10.14 slide 1/73; ZMB 6508 slide, Port Phillip [38°07'S 144°48'E]. - Chondrilla globulifera Keller, C. 1891. Die Spongienfauna des rothen Meeres (2. Hälfte). Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie 52: 294-368 pls 16-20 [327].
Type data:
Holotype ZMUZ 123 960 wet (coords for Red Sea), Suakin, Red Sea [22°32'56"N 37°06'43"E]. - Chondrilla ternatensis Thiele, J. 1900. Kieselschwämme von Ternate. I. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 25: 19-80 pls 2-3 [65].
Type data:
Syntype(s) SMF 670 wet, 2 specimens (=BMNH 1908.9.24.111 fragments of type), Ternate, Molucca Sea, Indonesia [0°47'06"N 127°22'12"E]; ZMB 3166 fragments of type, 3 slides, Ternate, Molucca Sea, Indonesia [0°47'06"N 127°22'12"E]. - Chondrilla australiensis lobata 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. [132].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1907.2.1.31 wet, Sri Lanka [8°23'31"N 80°11'24"E].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Burton, M. 1924. The genus Chondrilla. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 14: 206-209 [207]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
NW Shelf, Houtman Abrolhos, Turtle Is., Westernport Bay, Port Jackson, also Red Sea, Indian Ocean and Indo-Malayan region.
IMCRA
Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.
Extra Ecological Information
Depth 10–67 m.
General References
Davis, A.R., Fyfe, S.K., Turon, X. & Uriz, M.J. 2003. Size matters sometimes: wall height and the structure of subtidal benthic invertebrate assemblages in south-eastern Australia and Mediterranean Spain. Journal of Biogeography 30: 1797-1807 [1804] (Listed in this article)
Fromont, J. 1999. Demosponges of the Houtman Abrolhos. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 44: 175-184 [177] (Listed in this article)
Fromont, J. 1999. Reproduction of some demosponges in a temperate Australian shallow water habitat. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 44: 185-192 [186] (Listed in this article)
Fromont, J., Usher, K.L., Sutton, D.C., Toze, S. & Kuo, J. 2008. Species of the sponge genus Chondrilla (Demospongiae:Chondrosida: Chondrillidae) in Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 24: 469–486 [480]
Fromont, J. & Garson, M. 1999. Sponge bleaching on the West and east coasts of Australia. Coral Reefs 18: 340-340 [340] (Mentioned in this article)
Hooper, J.N.A., List-Armitage, S.E., Kennedy, J.A., Cook, S.D. & Valentine, C.A. 1999. Sponges of the Low Isles, Great Barrier Reef: an important scientific site, or a case of mistaken identity? Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 44: 249-262 [257]
Lemloh, M.L., Fromont, J., Brümmer, F., & Usher, K.M. 2009. Diversity and abundance of photosynthetic sponges in temperate Western Australia. BMC Ecology 9(4): 1-13 [5]
Usher, K.M., Kuo, J., Fromont, J. & Sutton, D.C. 2001. Vertical transmission of cyanobacterial symbionts in the marine sponge Chondrilla australiensis (Demospongiae). Hydrobiologia 461: 15-23 [15]
Usher, K.M., Sutton, D.C., Toze, S., Kuo, J. & Fromont, J. 2004. Sexual reproduction in Chondrilla australiensis (Porifera: Demospongiae). Marine and Freshwater Research 55: 123-134 [117]
History of changes
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