Species Clathria (Thalysias) rubra (Lendenfeld, 1888)
- Echinonema rubra Lendenfeld, R. von 1888. Descriptive Catalogue of the Sponges in the Australian Museum, Sydney. London : Taylor & Francis 260 pp. 12 pls. [221].
Type data:
Holotype AM G9048 dry (presently missing - egaz), Port Jackson, NSW [33°51'S 151°15'E].
Paratype(s) AM G9049 dry. - Thalassodendron paucispina Lendenfeld, R. von 1888. Descriptive Catalogue of the Sponges in the Australian Museum, Sydney. London : Taylor & Francis 260 pp. 12 pls. [224].
Type data:
Lectotype AM G9121a dry (NMV photo 6/11,12), Port Jackson, NSW [33°51'S 151°15'E].
Paralectotype(s) AM G9121b dry (NMV photo 6,1,2); BMNH 1887.1.27.1 wet (=AM G3557 slide); ZMB 7134, 4 slides; BMNH 1954.2.12.54 fragment of type; BMNH 1887.1.27.1 dry; BMNH 1954.2.10.71 dry; BMNH 1954.2.12.54 dry (fragment AM Z961). - 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] [validity and page-priority excluded by revision 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 (218) of
Clathria rubens , part, type series composite].Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1887.1.24.2 wet, Port Jackson [33°51'S 151°15'E].
Paratype(s) BMNH 1887.4.27.112 dry dry. - 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].
Type data:
Lectotype AM Z459 wet (NMV photos 24/22–24), Port Jackson, NSW [33°51'S 151°15'E].
Paralectotype(s) AM Z459 wet 6 fragments of types?, identity unknown (NMV photo 22/25–27); BMNH 1887.4.27.124 dry (=Clathria rubens, NMV photos 47/34,35); BMNH 1887.1.24.28 wet (=Clathria rubens); ZMB 1147 wet (7 slides, identity unknown); BMNH 1887.4.27.124 dry; BMNH 1887.1.24.28 wet (fragment ZMB 1147); AM Z461 wet. - Clathria multipora Whitelegge, T. 1907. Sponges. Part I (Addenda). Part 2. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 4: 487-515 pls 45-46 [496].
Type data:
Lectotype AM Z722 wet, 38–45 m, off Botany Bay, NSW [33°58'S 151°10'E].
Paralectotype(s) AM Z723 wet.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- 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. Zoological (and Biological) Results of the Fishing Experiments carried on by F.I.S. Endeavour 1909-1914 2: 117-300 69 figs pls 21-36 [178]
- 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] [273] (for Clathria multipora)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania
Extra Distribution Information
Penguin Channel, Botany Bay, Port Jackson-Balls Head, Shoalhaven Bight, Shark Reef, Maroubra Bay and Seven Mile Beach.
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
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 20–90 m; rock reef, shell grit and gravel 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] [376]
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 | 02-May-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |