Species Coscinoderma pesleonis (Lamarck, 1814)

Museums

Regional Maps

• 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.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

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

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
29-Mar-2018		15-Dec-2011	MOVED
29-Mar-2018		02-May-2011	MODIFIED
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