Species Clathria (Clathria) rubens (Lendenfeld, 1888)
- Thalassodendron rubens Lendenfeld, R. von 1888. Descriptive Catalogue of the Sponges in the Australian Museum, Sydney. London : Taylor & Francis 260 pp. 12 pls. [223].
Type data:
Lectotype AM G9119 dry (NMV photo 7/15,16 - egaz), Port Jackson, NSW [33°51'S 151°15'E].
Paralectotype(s) AM Z634 dry (NMV photo 7/14); AM Z455 dry fragment of type (NMV photo 24/28–30); AM G3585 slide (ex BMNH, no var. given); BMNH 1887.1.24.35 wet (as var. intermedia ms, =AM G3586 slide); BMNH 1886.12.13.6 wet (ex Ramsay). - Thalassodendron rubens dura Lendenfeld, R. von 1888. Descriptive Catalogue of the Sponges in the Australian Museum, Sydney. London : Taylor & Francis 260 pp. 12 pls. [224] [part, as revised by 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 (218) and Hallmann, E.F. 1914. A revision of the monaxonid species described as new in Lendenfeld's ‘Catalogue of the sponges in the Australian Museum’. Part 1. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 39: 263–315 1 fig. pls 15–24 (267); type series composite].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM G9123 dry (=Thalysias paucispina , NMV photo 6/3 - egaz), Port Jackson, NSW [33°51'S 151°15'E]; BMNH 1887.1.24.2 wet (egaz), Port Jackson, NSW [33°51'S 151°15'E]; BMNH 1887.4.27.112 dry (NMV photo 48/0,1 - egaz), Port Jackson, NSW [33°51'S 151°15'E]. - Thalassodendron rubens lamella Lendenfeld, R. von 1888. Descriptive Catalogue of the Sponges in the Australian Museum, Sydney. London : Taylor & Francis 260 pp. 12 pls. [224] [part, as revised by 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 (218) and Hallmann, E.F. 1914. A revision of the monaxonid species described as new in Lendenfeld's ‘Catalogue of the sponges in the Australian Museum’. Part 1. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 39: 263–315 1 fig. pls 15–24 (267); type series composite].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM Z461 wet fragment of type (from figured specimen =Thalysias paucispina, NMV photo 24/22–24 - egaz), Port Jackson, NSW [33°51'S 151°15'E]; AM Z459 wet 6 fragments of type (identity unknown, NMV photo 22/5–27 - egaz), Port Jackson, NSW [33°51'S 151°15'E]; BMNH 1887.4.27.124 dry (NMV photo 47/34,35 - egaz), Port Jackson, NSW [33°51'S 151°15'E]; BMNH 1887.1.24.28 wet (egaz), Port Jackson, NSW [33°51'S 151°15'E]; ZMB 1147 wet, slides (egaz), Port Jackson, NSW [33°51'S 151°15'E]. - Clathria tenuifibra Whitelegge, T. 1901. Report on sponges from the coastal beaches of New South Wales. Records of the Australian Museum 4: 55-118 pls 10-15 [82].
Type data:
Holotype AM G3045 dry (NMV photos 8/6 - egaz), Illawarra, Wollongong, NSW [37°04'S 142°42'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] [261]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania
Extra Distribution Information
Linden Bank, North Direction Is., Eagle Is., Port Jackson, Maria Is. and Gulf St Vincent.
IMCRA
Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.
Extra Ecological Information
Depth 18–56 m; on shell, gravel and Halimeda substrates.
General References
Hooper, J.N.A. 1996. Revision of Microcionidae (Porifera: Poecilosclerida: Demospongiae), with description of Australian species. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 40: 1-626 [Date published 01/06/1996] [151]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 29-Mar-2018 | 15-Dec-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 29-Mar-2018 | 13-Apr-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |