Species Cinachyra cavernosa (Lamarck, 1814)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Tethya cavernosa Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1814. Suite des polypiers empâtés. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 1: 69-80 [162–168, 331–340 (1815)] [70].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHN Paris LBIM DT613 half of specimen (other half DT612 presently missing), unknown, possibly Australia.

  Secondary source:

   Topsent, E. 1930. Eponges de Lamarck conservées au Muséum de Paris. Archives du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 6 5: 1-56 4 figs pls 1-4 [5].
• Cinachyra providentiae Dendy, A. 1922. Report on the Sigmatotetraxonida collected by H.M.S. Sealark in the Indian Ocean. In Report of the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905. Vol. 7. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 2nd Series Zoology 18: 1-164 pls 1-18 [18].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1921.11.7.8., 51–71 m, Cargados, Providence, Indian Ocean [16°33'39"S 59°45'00"E].

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] [431]

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Australia; Providence, Indian Ocean, depth 51–71 m.

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

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