• Coscinoderma Carter, H.J. 1883. Contributions to our knowledge of the Spongida. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 12: 308-329 pls 11-14 [309].

  Type species:

   Coscinoderma lanuginosum Carter, 1883 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

West Indian region.

IMCRA

Northeast Transition (19), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Distribution References

Diagnosis

Flabellate, pyriform, massive, or pedunculate sponges, with apical or marginal oscules. The surface armour is thin, very fine and even, so that these sponges remain soft, elastic and compressible. The fibre skeleton comprises simple, cored primary fibres, and a dense secondary reticulum, comprising very fine, intertwined secondary fibres (Fig. 1K).

ID Keys

See Family Spongiidae Diagnosis

Diagnosis References

Cook, S.D.C. & Bergquist, P.R. 2002. Family Spongiidae Gray, 1867. pp. 1051-1060 in Hooper, J.N.A. & van Soest, R.W.M. (eds). Systema Porifera: A guide to the classification of sponges. New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers Vol. 1. [1056]

History of changes

• Coscinoderma denticulatum Poléjaeff, N. 1884. Report on the Keratosa collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 11: 1-88 pls 1-10 [51] [current status uncertain; identification of Australian record(s) in Lendenfeld, R. von 1889. A Monograph of the Horny Sponges. London : Trübner & Co. 936 pp. 17 figs 50 pls. doubtful (no published specimens found in AM, BMNH, ZMB)].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1885.8.8.20 (egaz), 76 m, Honolulu, Hawaii [21°19'44"N 157°51'43"W].

  Secondary source:

   Lendenfeld, R. von 1889. A Monograph of the Horny Sponges. London : Trübner & Co. 936 pp. 17 figs 50 pls. [277, pl. 22 fig. 15].

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Unknown.

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

General References

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] (generic placement uncertain)

History of changes

• Euspongia mathewsi Lendenfeld, R. von 1885. A monograph of the Australian sponges. Part 6. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 10: 481-553 pls 36-38 [520-523 pl. 36, fig. 6].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1886.8.27.301 dry, Ponape, Caroline Islands.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Bergquist, P.R. 1995. Dictyoceratida, Dendroceratida and Verongida from the New Caledonia Lagoon (Porifera: Demospongiae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 38(1): 1-51 [5]

Generic Combinations

• Coscinoderma mathewsi (Lendenfeld, 1885). —
  Lendenfeld, R. von 1889. A Monograph of the Horny Sponges. London : Trübner & Co. 936 pp. 17 figs 50 pls. [334]

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Tropical and subtropical Indo-west Pacific, Caroline Islands, Ponape, Kuop, Truk, Palau, Fiji, New Caledonia; Queensland coastal, Great Barrier Reef, Coral Sea, Western Australia, Dampier Archipelago; also reported from South Africa (dubious).

IMCRA

Northeast Transition (19), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Trade

commercial bath sponge of significant commercial potential for aquaculture

(no title)

Also referred to Leiosella by Laubenfels (1948) [61]. Not conspecific with Coscinoderma lanuginosum Carter, 1883 from southern Australia, contrary to Lendenfeld's (1885) remarks, and original description probably an amalgam of several species.
Bergquist, P.R. 1995. Dictyoceratida, Dendroceratida and Verongida from the New Caledonia Lagoon (Porifera: Demospongiae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 38(1): 1–51 [5-6] description encompasses the modern concept of this species.

General References

Abdul Wahabm N.A., de Nys, R. & Whalan, S. 2012. Closing the lifecycle for the sustainable aquaculture of the bath sponge Coscinoderma matthewsi. Aquaculture 324–325: 281–289 [281]

Bergquist, P.R. 1995. Dictyoceratida, Dendroceratida and Verongida from the New Caledonia Lagoon (Porifera: Demospongiae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 38(1): 1-51 [5-6]

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 in this article)

Laubenfels, M.W. de 1948. The order Keratosa of the phylum Porifera. A monographic study. Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation 3: 1-217 31 figs 30 pls

History of changes

• Aphrodite nardorus Lendenfeld, R. von 1885. A monograph of the Australian sponges. Part 5. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 10: 282-325 pls 26-35 [306].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1886.8.27.105 wet (=AM G3398 slide, figured in Lendenfeld, R. von 1889. A Monograph of the Horny Sponges. London : Trübner & Co. 936 pp. 17 figs 50 pls. [pl. 12 fig. 13] - egaz), Torres Strait, Palm Is., QLD [10°25'S 142°10'E].
  Paratype(s) BMNH 1930.8.13.181 dry.
• Hippospongia aphroditella Lendenfeld, R. von 1889. Die Verwandtschaftsverhältnisse der Hornschwämme. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 4: 1-93 [36] [in key, see also Lendenfeld, R. von 1889. A Monograph of the Horny Sponges. London : Trübner & Co. 936 pp. 17 figs 50 pls. (312, pl. 11 figs 11–14, pl. 12 fig. 13); unjustified replacement name for Aphrodite nardorus Lendenfeld, 1885].
• Ceratodendron haeckeli Marshall, W. 1892. Spongiologische Beiträge. Festschrift zur 70. Wiederkehr des Geburtstages von Rudolf Leuckart. Leipzig : C.F. Winter 36 pp. 8 pls. [5].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) ZMB 4505 4 slides (forma rigida), Bass Strait; ZMB 4506 slides (forma mollis), Bass Strait [39°20'S 145°30'E].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Burton, M. 1934. Sponges. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 4: 513-621 pls 1-2 [577]

Generic Combinations

• Coscinoderma nardorus (Lendenfeld, 1885). —
  Sutcliffe, P.R., Hooper, J.N.A. & Pitcher, C.R. 2010. The most common sponges on the Great Barrer Reef seabed, Australia, include species new to science (Phylum Porifera). Zootaxa 2616: 1-30 [12]
• Hippospongia nardorus (Lendenfeld, 1885). —
  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] [384]

Distribution

States

Queensland, Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Common throughout the Great Barrier Reef, in reef areas and sandy bottoms, attached to rubble in soft sediment by a holdfast. Distributed from Torres Strait and throughout the entire length of the Great Barrier Reef seabed at depths between 12 and 85 m, predominantly in benthic substrates dominated by sand and calcium carbonate material. Also allegedly recorded from South Africa but this record has not been substantiated.

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Trade

Potential commercial quality bath sponge

Extra Ecological Information

Depth subtidal–85 m.

History of changes

• Spongia pesleonis Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de Monet 1814. Sur les polypiers empâtés. Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 20: 294-312, 370-386, 432-458 [379].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHN Paris LBIM DT540, southern seas (as Mers Australes), Péron and Lesueur Collection, hence Australia.

  Secondary source:

   Topsent, E. 1930. Eponges de Lamarck conservées au Muséum de Paris. Archives du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 6 5: 1-56 4 figs pls 1-4 [33].
• Spongelia incerta Hyatt, A. 1877. A revision of the North American Poriferae, with remarks upon foreign species. Part 2. Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History 2: 481-554 pls 15-17 [533].

  Type data:

   
  Status unknown, MCZ (egaz), Phillip Is., VIC [38°29'S 145°14'E]; MCZ (egaz), Phillip Is., VIC [38°29'S 145°14'E].

  Secondary source:

   Topsent, E. 1930. Eponges de Lamarck conservées au Muséum de Paris. Archives du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 6 5: 1-56 4 figs pls 1-4 [34]; Bergquist, P.R. 1980. A revision of the supraspecific classification of the orders Dictyoceratida, Dendroceratida and Verongida (Class Demospongiae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 7: 443-503 figs 1-25 pls [456].
• Coscinoderma lanuginosum Carter, H.J. 1883. Contributions to our knowledge of the Spongida. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 12: 308-329 pls 11-14 [309].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH unregistered dry Bowerbank Collection No. 710, Fremantle, WA [32°03'S 115°46'E].
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH unregistered dry Bowerbank Collection; 2 specimens, 1 decorticated (Bowerbank Collection, ex Clifton).
• Coscinoderma pyriformis Lendenfeld, R. von 1889. Die Verwandtschaftsverhältnisse der Hornschwämme. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 4: 1-93 [38] [in key; unjustified replacement name for Spongelia incerta Hyatt, 1877, see Lendenfeld, R. von 1889. A Monograph of the Horny Sponges. London : Trübner & Co. 936 pp. 17 figs 50 pls. (334)].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB 1190 (egaz), Port Phillip Bay, VIC [38°07'S 144°48'E].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Bergquist, P.R. 1980. A revision of the supraspecific classification of the orders Dictyoceratida, Dendroceratida and Verongida (Class Demospongiae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 7: 443-503 figs 1-25 pls [456]

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Phillip Is., Port Phillip Heads, Deal Is., Warrnambool, Investigator Is, Great Australian Bight, Fremantle and Houtman Abrolhos.

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 10–52 m.

General References

Fromont, J. 1999. Demosponges of the Houtman Abrolhos. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 44: 175-184 [180] (Listed in this article)

Sorokin, S., Fromont, J. & Currie, D. 2007. Demosponge biodiversity in the Benthic Protection Zone of the Great Australian Bight. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 132(2): 192-204 [195]

Sorokin, S.J., Laperousaz, T.C.D. & Collings, G.J. 2008. Investigator Group Expedition 2006: Sponges (Porifera). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 132(2): 163-172 [167]

Wiedenmayer, F. 1989. Demospongiae (Porifera) from northern Bass Strait (Shelf of Southern Australia). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 50(1): 1-242 [128]

History of changes