Species Chondropsis topsenti Dendy, 1895

Museums

Regional Maps

• Chondropsis topsenti Dendy, A. 1895. Catalogue of non-calcareous sponges collected by J. Bracebridge Wilson, Esq., M.A., in the neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads. Part 1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 7: 232-260 [254].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) NMV G2460 dry (=BMNH 1902.10.18.164 slide), 15–34 m, inside and outside Port Phillip Heads, VIC; NMV G2461 wet (=BMNH 1902.10.18.21 slide), 15–34 m, inside and outside Port Phillip Heads, VIC; NMV G2462 dry (=AM G2665 slide), 15–34 m, inside and outside Port Phillip Heads, VIC.

  Type locality references:

  Wilson, J. Bracebridge 1895. List of dredging stations at and near Port Phillip Heads. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 7: 261-263 [stations 6, 10, XA].

  Secondary source:

   Ayling, A.L., Stone, S. & Smith, B.J. 1982. Catalogue of types of sponge species from Southern Australia described by Arthur Dendy. Reports of the National Museum of Victoria 1: 97-109 [106].

 

Generic Combinations

• Phoriospongia topsenti (Dendy, 1895).

 

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Bass Strait Shelf Province (35)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 11–34 m.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
29-Mar-2018		15-Dec-2011	MOVED
29-Mar-2018		16-Nov-2010	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)