Species Clathria (Dendrocia) elegantula Ridley & Dendy, 1886
- Clathria elegantula Ridley, S.O. & Dendy, A. 1886. Preliminary report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. Challenger. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 18: 325-351, 470-493 [474] [possible synonym of
Clathria dura Whitelegge, 1901].Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1887.5.2.91 wet (NMV photos 36/15,16 - egaz), 74 m, Bass Strait [39°20'S 145°30'E]. - Clathria elegantula occidentalis 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). [372].
Type data:
Holotype ZMH unknown (fragment ZMB 4445 - egaz), 6–9 m, on top of Inner Bar, Shark Bay, WA [26°05'4 113°15'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] [263]
Distribution
States
Tasmania, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Shark Bay, Moncoeur Is. and Preservation Is.
IMCRA
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), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)
Ecological Descriptors
Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.
Extra Ecological Information
Depth 6–76 m; sand and shell grit 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] [233]
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) |