Species Ciocalypta vansoesti (Hooper, Cook, Hobbs & Kennedy, 1997)
- Halichondria vansoesti Hooper, J.N.A., Cook, S.D., Hobbs, L.J. & Kennedy, J.A. 1997. Australian Halichondriidae (Porifera: Demospongiae): I. Species from the Beagle Gulf. pp. 1-65 in Hanley, H.R., Caswell, G., Megirian, D. & Larson, H.K. (eds). The Marine Flora and Fauna of Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia. Proceedings of the Sixth International Marine Biology Workshop. Darwin : Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory 466 pp.
Type data:
Holotype NTM Z2648 wet (egaz), East Point, Darwin, NT [12°34'S 130°34'E].
Paratype(s) QM G303450 wet (egaz), Bynoe Harbour, NT [12°41'S 130°35'E].
Distribution
States
Northern Territory
Extra Distribution Information
Darwin region, Cobourg Peninsula region, E Gulf of Carpentaria, NT. Ciocalypta vansoesti is common in Darwin Harbour and Bynoe Harbour. It is also recorded from Cobourg Peninsula and the Gulf of Carpentaria. It is found intertidally and subtidally to 40 m depth (Alvarez & Hooper 2011).
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, filter-feeder, sessile.
Extra Ecological Information
4–26 m depth; rocky reef, reef slope, sandy substrate.
General References
Fromont, J. 2003. Porifera (Sponges) in the Dampier Archipelago: Taxonomic affinities and biogeography. Proceedings of the Twelfth International Marine Biological Workshop. The Marine Flora and Fauna of Dampier, Western Australia. 405-417 pp. [408] (Listed in this article)
History of changes
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