Species Clathria (Thalysias) procera (Ridley, 1884)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Rhaphidophlus procerus Ridley, S.O. 1884. Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of H.M.S. Alert, 1881–1882. Spongiida. (Part 1, Australian sponges). London : British Museum (Natural History) 366-482, pls 39-43. [451].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1882.2.23.313 wet (egaz), 12–20 m, Darwin, NT [12°28'S 130°50'E].
  Paratype(s) BMNH 1882.2.23.311 wet.
• Echinonema gracilis Ridley, S.O. 1884. Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the Voyage of H.M.S. Alert, 1881–2. Part II. Collections from the western Indian Ocean. Spongiida. London : British Museum (Natural History) 582-630 pls 53-54. [617].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1882.10.17.111 wet (egaz - Indian ocean), 48 m, Providence Reef, Indian Ocean.
• Rhaphidophlus spiculosus Dendy, A. 1889. Report on a second collection of sponges from the Gulf of Manaar. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6 3: 73-99 pls 3-5 [86].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1889.1.21.5 wet (egaz), Tuticorin Pearl Banks, Gulf of Mannar, India [8°36'39"N 78°35'27"E].
  Paratype(s) BMNH 1889.1.21.63 dry.
• Clathria spiculosa ramosa Hentschel, E. 1912. Kiesel- und Hornschwämme der Aru- und Kai Inseln. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 34: 294-448 pls 13-21 [363].

  Type data:

   Holotype SMF 1698 wet (egaz - Arafura and Indonesia), Straits of Dobo, Aru Is., Arafura Sea, Indonesia [9°00'S 133°00'E, 3°50'39"S 137°40'49"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] [273]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Widespread Indo-west Pacific and Indian Ocean; also Natal; Cargados Carajos, Seychelles, Amirante, Red Sea, Arabian Sea; Tuticorin, Cape Comorin, Palk Bay, Madras Straits, Gulf of Manaar, Aru Is., Indonesia; Hawaii.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 11–78m; loose soft substrates (sand, mud, gravel, shell grit), shallow water and deeper-water offshore reefs.

 

General References

Burton, M. 1959. Sponges. Scientific Reports of the John Murray Expedition 10(5): 151-281 41 figs [243]

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] [364]

 

History of changes

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