Species Clathrina blanca (Miklucho-Maclay, 1868)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Guancha blanca Miklucho-Maclay, N.N. 1868. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Spongien. I. Jenaische Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaft 4: 221-240 pls 4, 5 [221].

  Type data:

   Lectotype (PJM? not found), Canary Ils, North Atlantic [28°51'43"N 16°49'44"W].
  Paralectotype(s) number unknown.
• Leucopsis pedunculata Lendenfeld, R. von 1885. A monograph of the Australian sponges. Part 3. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 9: 1083-1150 pls 59-67 [1089].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1886.6.7.11 slide only, Port Jackson, NSW [33°51'S 151°15'E].

  Secondary source:

   Burton, M. 1963. A Revision of the Classification of the Calcareous Sponges. London : British Museum pp. 1-693 figs 1-375. [588].
• Leucosolenia stipitata Dendy, A. 1891. A monograph of the Victorian sponges. Part 1. The organisation and classification of the Calcarea Homocoela, with descriptions of the Victorian species. Transactions of the Royal Society of Victoria 3: 1-81 pls 1-11 [51].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1925.11.1.1673 slide, inside Port Phillip heads, VIC [38°07'S 144°48'E].
  Paralectotype(s) NMV G2453; BMNH 1925.11.1.1674–1675 slides.
• Leucosolenia jenkini Burton, M. 1930. The Porifera of the Siboga Expedition. III. Calcarea. pp. 1–7. in Weber, M.W.C. (ed.) Siboga-Expeditie, Monogr. Vol. 6a. [13] [nom. nov. for Clathrina blanca Jenkin, 1908; considered unneccessary by Burton, M. 1963. A Revision of the Classification of the Calcareous Sponges. London : British Museum pp. 1–693 figs 1–375. (184)].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1908.9.25.8, Zanzibar, Red Sea.

  Secondary source:

   Burton, M. 1963. A Revision of the Classification of the Calcareous Sponges. London : British Museum pp. 1-693 figs 1-375. [578].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Burton, M. 1963. A Revision of the Classification of the Calcareous Sponges. London : British Museum pp. 1-693 figs 1-375. [183, 209]
• Borojevic, R. & Peixinho, S. 1976. Eponges calcaires du nord-nord-est de Brésil. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] Zool. 279: 987-1036 [997, 998]

 

Generic Combinations

• Clathrina blanca (Miklucho-Maclay, 1868).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Aust. Antarctic Terr.; Port Jackson, Port Phillip Heads, Geraldton, also off Wilhelm II Coast, Arctic, Antarctic, central and NE Atlantic, Mediterranean, S Africa, Indian Ocean, Indo-Malayan region, Japan and California.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

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), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth intertidal–823 m.

 

General References

Burton, M. 1963. A Revision of the Classification of the Calcareous Sponges. London : British Museum pp. 1-693 figs 1-375. [578] (type data)

 

History of changes

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