Species Chondropsis wilsoni Dendy, 1895

Museums

Regional Maps

• Chondropsis wilsoni 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 [252].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) NMV G2476 wet (=BMNH 1902.10.18.20 slide), inside and outside Port Phillip Heads, VIC; NMV G2477 wet (=AM G2662 slide), inside and outside Port Phillip Heads, VIC; NMV G2480 wet (=BMNH 1902.10.18.158 slide), inside and outside Port Phillip Heads, VIC; NMV G2481 wet (=BMNH 1902.10.18.159), inside and outside Port Phillip Heads, VIC; NMV G2478 wet (=BMNH 1902.10.18.155 slide), inside and outside Port Phillip Heads, VIC; NMV G2477 wet (=BMNH 1902.10.18.156 slide), inside and outside Port Phillip Heads, VIC; NMV G2396 wet (=BMNH 1902.10.18.157 slide), inside and outside Port Phillip Heads, VIC; BMNH 1902.10.18.154 slide, 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 5, XA, XB].

  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 [107].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Hooper, J.N.A. in Hooper, J.N.A. & Wiedenmayer, F. 1994. Porifera. pp. 1-620 in Wells, A. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia Vol. 12 xiii 624 pp. [Date published 21/Nov/1994] (following examination of specimens from composite syntype series of Holopsamma crassa Carter, 1885 referred to this species: BMNH 1886.12.15.412 (NMV photos 52/22,23), BMNH 1886.12.15.426–430 (possibly fragments of one specimen, conspecific with 1886.12.15.412))

 

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 13–56 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)