Species Cinachyrella australiensis (Carter, 1886)
- Tethya cranium australiensis Carter, H.J. 1886. Description of sponges from the neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads, South Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 17: 40-53, 112-127 [127].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1886.12.15.367 dry (=AM G2948 slide), 36 m, Port Phillip Heads, VIC [38°07'S 144°48'E]. - Spiretta porosa Lendenfeld, R. von 1888. Descriptive Catalogue of the Sponges in the Australian Museum, Sydney. London : Taylor & Francis 260 pp. 12 pls. [43].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM G9076 wet (NMV photos 24/25–27), Port Denison, QLD; BMNH 1886.8.27.632 wet (=AM G3619 fragment of type, slide), Port Denison, QLD; BMNH 1886.8.27.633 wet, Port Denison, QLD; BMNH 1886.8.27.632a–66a wet, 2 slides 1/80 ((only Pt Denison coords are for WA??)), Port Denison, QLD [29°17'S 114°55'E]. - Spiretta raphidiophora Lendenfeld, R. von 1888. Descriptive Catalogue of the Sponges in the Australian Museum, Sydney. London : Taylor & Francis 260 pp. 12 pls. [43].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM G9075 wet (NMV photo 23/18,19), Port Jackson, NSW [33°51'S 151°15'E]; BMNH 1886.8.27.634 wet (=AM G3668 fragment of type, slide), Port Jackson, NSW [33°51'S 151°15'E]; BMNH unregistered wet, slide 1/80, Port Jackson, NSW [33°51'S 151°15'E]. - Cinachyra malaccensis Sollas, I.B.J. 1902. On the sponges collected during the 'Skeat Expedition' to the Malay Peninsula, 1899–1900. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1902: 210–221 pls 14, 15 [219].
Type data:
Holotype CUMZ unknown wet (coords for Malay peninsula), Pulau Bridang, off the coast of Kedah, Malay Penisula, West Coast [9°19'08"N 98°44'06"E]. - Tetilla lindgreni Lendenfeld, R. von 1903. Tetraxonia. In Schulze, F.E. (ed.) Das Tierreich. Berlin : Friedländer Lf 19 168 pp. 44 figs. [18] [nom. nov. for Tetilla ternatensis Lindgren, 1897 which name was perpetuated by Kirkpatrick, 1900, not Tetilla ternatensis Kieschnick, 1896].
Type data:
Syntype(s) NHRM unknown wet, Java, Christmas Is., Flying Fish Cove; BMNH 1898.12.20.20 wet, Java, Christmas Is., Flying Fish Cove.Type locality references:
Lindgren, N.G. 1897. Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Spongienfauna des Malaiischen Archipels und der Chinesischen Meere. Zoologischer Anzeiger 20: 480-487; Kirkpatrick, R. 1900. IV. On the sponges of Christmas Island. In Andrews, C.W., Smith, E.A., Bernard, H.M., Kirkpatrick, R. & Chapman, F.C.: On the marine fauna of Christmas Island (Indian Ocean). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1900: 127-141 pls 12-13. Type data:
Holotype ZMB 768 dry, 1 slide, 91 m, NW coast of Australia below 19ºS.
Paratype(s) BMNH 1908.2.9.19–21 dry, slides 1/81.- Cinachyra isis Lendenfeld, R. von 1907. Die Tetraxonia. pp. 59–374 pls 9–46 in Chun, C. (ed.) Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer Valdivia 1898–1899. Vol. 11. [143].
Type data:
Holotype ZMB 494 wet, 4 slides, Mermaid Strait, Dampier, WA [20°40'S 116°30'E].
Paratype(s) BMNH 1908.2.9.51–53 wet, slides 1/81. - Tetilla cinachyroides Hentschel, E. 1911. Tetraxonida. pp. 279-393, 54 figs 2. Teil. in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : G. Fischer Vol. 3 (10). [281].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZMH unknown dry, Barrow Is., WA [20°48'S 115°26'E]; ZMB 4393 dry, 2 fragments of type(s?), Barrow Is., WA [20°48'S 115°26'E].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Burton, M. 1934. Sponges. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 4: 513-621 pls 1-2 [523]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Christmas Is., NW Shelf, Torres Strait–Thursday Is., Low Isles, Thalamita Flat, Sand Flat, Middle Moat, Mangrove Park, Batt Reef, Heron Is., Cossack, also Indian Ocean, Indo-Malayan region and W Pacific.
IMCRA
Christmas Island Province (23), Northwest Shelf Province (27), 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), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.
Extra Ecological Information
Depth intertidal–91 m.
General References
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] (Referred to as "Cinachyra" in this article rather than Cinachyrella (since been changed))
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] (unjustified lumping of sibling species by Burton, M. 1934. Sponges. Science Reports of the Geat Barrier Reef Expedition 4: 513–621 pls 1–2 [523], revision of type material of each nominal species is required to corroborate this synonymy)
McDonald, J.I., Hooper, J.N.A. & McGuinness, K.A. 2002. Environmentally influenced variability in the morphology of Cinachyrella australiensis (Carter, 1886) (Porifera: Spirophorida: Tetillidae). Marine and Freshwater Research 53: 79-84 [79] (Listed in this article)
Wiedenmayer, F. 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] (Tetilla lindgreni Lendenfeld was erected for specimens misidentified as
History of changes
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