Species Corticium candelabrum Schmidt, 1862

Museums

Regional Maps

• Corticium candelabrum Schmidt, E.O. 1862. Die Spongien des Adriatischen Meeres. Leipzig : Engelmann 88 pp. 7 pls. [42].

  Type data:

   Holotype MJG 15353 wet, Sibenik (as Sebenico), Yugoslavia [43°44'20"N 15°53'38"E].
  Paratype(s) BMNH 1867.3.11.68 slide (type status doubtful, 'Adriatic'); ZMB 6561 slide (type status doubtful).

  Secondary source:

   Desqueyroux-Faundez, R. & Stone, S.M. 1992. O. Schmidt Sponge Catalogue. An illustrated guide to the Graz Museum Collection, with notes on additional material. Geneva : Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle iv+190 pp. 49 pls. [10, 36] (re types).

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Satellite Reef, also West Indian Ocean, N Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, Indian Ocean, W Pacific Ocean and Indo-Malayan region.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

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

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth subtidal–54 m, on overhanging cliffs and in caves.

 

General References

Wiedenmayer, F. 1989. Demospongiae (Porifera) from northern Bass Strait (Shelf of Southern Australia). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 50(1): 1-242 [13]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
29-Mar-2018		28-Feb-2012	MODIFIED
29-Mar-2018		13-Apr-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)