Species Coelocarteria singaporensis (Carter, 1883)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Phloeodictyon singaporensis Carter, H.J. 1883. Contributions to our knowledge of the Spongida. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 12: 308-329 pls 11-14 [326].

  Type data:

   Holotype LFM 24.5.83.21 (not seen, probably destroyed in 1941, =BMNH 1954.3.9.97 slide, =BMNH 1954.3.9.98 slide, =BMNH 1884.4.14.7 slide), Singapore.

  Secondary source:

   Stone, S.M. 1986. Index to Important Sponge Collections. Autumn 1986. London : British Museum (Natural History) Vol. 47. [25].
• Histoderma vesiculatum Dendy, A. 1905. Report on the sponges collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. 57-246 pls 1-16 in Herdman, W.A. (ed.). Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar. London : Royal Society Vol. 3 Suppl. 18. [166].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1907.2.1.60 wet, Gulf of Mannar, Sri Lanka.
• Ichnodonax kapne Laubenfels, M.W. de 1954. The sponges of the West-Central Pacific. Oregon State Monographs. Studies in Zoology 7: 1-306 pls 1-12 [112].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) USNM 23130, 2 m, Micronesia (Iwayana Bay, Koror, Palau Achipelago, Caroline Ils).

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Bergquist, P.R. 1965. The sponges of Micronesia, Part I. The Palau Archipelago. Pacific Science 19: 123-204 34 figs [161, 163]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Great Barrier Reef, QLD; Torres Strait, Prince of Wales Channel, North Direction Is., Lizard Is., also S Atlantic Ocean (?), Indian Ocean, Indo-Malayan region and W Pacific Ocean.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth subtidal–36 m (648 m?).

 

General References

Fromont, J. 2003. Porifera (Sponges) in the Dampier Archipelago: Taxonomic affinities and biogeography. Proceedings of the Twelfth International Marine Biological Workshop. The Marine Flora and Fauna of Dampier, Western Australia. 405-417 pp. [408] (Listed as "sinagporense")

Hooper, J.N.A., List-Armitage, S.E., Kennedy, J.A., Cook, S.D. & Valentine, C.A. 1999. Sponges of the Low Isles, Great Barrier Reef: an important scientific site, or a case of mistaken identity? Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 44: 249-262 [259] (Listed in this article)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
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29-Mar-2018		13-Apr-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)