Species Chondrilla mixta Schulze, 1877

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• Chondrilla mixta Schulze, F.E. 1877. Untersuchungen über den Bau und die Entwicklung der Spongien. Dritte Mittheilung. Die Familie der Chondrosidae. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie 29: 87-122 pls 8-9 [113].

  Type data:

   Holotype MJG, Red Sea [22°32'56"N 37°06'43"E].
• Chondrilla distincta Schulze, F.E. 1877. Untersuchungen über den Bau und die Entwicklung der Spongien. Dritte Mittheilung. Die Familie der Chondrosidae. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie 29: 87-122 pls 8-9 [113].

  Type data:

   Holotype MJG, Ponapé, Caroline Ils [6°56'13"N 158°21'21"E].

  Secondary source:

   Topsent, E. 1918. Eponges de San Thomé. Essai sur les genres Spirastrella, Donatia et Chondrilla. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale 57: 535-618 29 figs [605]; Burton, M. 1924. The genus Chondrilla. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 14: 206-209 [207].
• Chondrilla nuda Lendenfeld, R. von 1897. Spongien von Sansibar. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 21: 93-133 pls 9-10 [105].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) ZMB 2965 3 specimens, Bawi, near Zanzibar, Indian Ocean [5°36'25"N 16°15'28"E]; ZMB 2964 2 specimens, Kokotoni, near Zanzibar, Indian Ocean [6°09'57"S 39°12'10"E]; ZMB 2385 slide; BMNH 1897.3.24.60–61 2 slides; BMNH 1908.9.24.110 wet fragment of type.
• Chondrilla media Hentschel, E. 1912. Kiesel- und Hornschwämme der Aru- und Kai Inseln. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 34: 294-448 pls 13-21 [321].

  Type data:

   Holotype SMF 998 wet, 15 m, Sungai Barkai (eastern half), Aru Ils, Arafura Sea [no coords available for Sungai Barkai].
• Chondrilla agglutinans Dendy, A. 1916. Report on the non-calcareous sponges collected by Mr. James Hornell at Okhamandal in Kattiawar in 1905–6. 93-146, pls 1-4 in Hornell, J. (ed.). Report to the Government of Baroda on the marine zoology of Okhamandal in Kattiawar. London : Williams & Norgate Vol. 2. [102].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1920.12.9.11 wet (coords for Okha), Chindi Reefs, Okha/Beyt, Kattiawar Peninsula, India [53°35'49"N 142°57'25"E].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Burton, M. 1924. The genus Chondrilla. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 14: 206-209 [207]

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Christmas Is.; Flying Fish Cove, also Red Sea, Indian Ocean, Indo-Malayan region and W Pacific Ocean.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Christmas Island Province (23)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth intertidal–25 m.

 

General References

Usher, K.M., Sutton, D.C., Toze, S. Kuo, J. & Fromont, J. 2004. Biogeography and phylogeny of Chondrilla species (Demospongiae) in Australia. Marine Ecology Progress Series 270: 117-127 [117]

 

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)