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Species Clathria (Clathria) echinonematissima (Carter, 1887)

  • Wilsonella echinonematissima Carter, H.J. 1887. On the position of the ampullaceous sac and the function of the water canal-system in the Spongida. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 19: 203-212 [210] [cited as Clathria echinonematissima Dendy, A. 1896. Catalogue of non-calcareous sponges collected by J. Bracebridge Wilson, Esq., M.A., in the neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads. Part 2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 8: 14–51 (33) and in Wilsonella in Hallmann, E.F. 1912. Report on the sponges obtained by the F.I.S. Endeavour on the coasts of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Queensland, and Tasmania, 1909–10. Part 1. Zool. Results Fish. Exp. Endeavour 2: 117–300 69 figs pls 21–36 (243)].
    Type data:
     Status unknown, BMNH unregistered fragment of type, slide (desilicified, no other extant material - egaz), Westernport Bay or Port Phillip, VIC [38°22'S 145°20'E].

 

Distribution

States

Victoria


Extra Distribution Information

Westernport Bay and Port Phillip.

Known only from type locality.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

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

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
29-Mar-2018 15-Dec-2011 MOVED
29-Mar-2018 13-Apr-2011 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)