Species Craniella zetlandica (Carter, 1872)

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• Tethya zetlandica Carter, H.J. 1872. On two new sponges from the Antarctic Sea, and on a new species of Tethya from Shetland; together with observations on the reproduction of sponges commencing from zygosis of the sponge-animal. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 9: 409-435 pls 20-22 [417].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1983.6.14.1 wet, Shetland Ils, United Kingdom [60°39'07"N 2°00'14"W]; BMNH 1983.6.14.2 wet, Shetland Ils, United Kingdom [60°39'07"N 2°00'14"W]; BMNH 1983.6.14.3 wet, Shetland Ils, United Kingdom [60°39'07"N 2°00'14"W]; BMNH 1983.6.14.4 wet, Shetland Ils, United Kingdom [60°39'07"N 2°00'14"W]; BMNH 1954.3.9.608–609 2 slides, Shetland Ils, United Kingdom [60°39'07"N 2°00'14"W]; BMNH unregistered slide '450D' 1/91, Shetland Ils, United Kingdom [60°39'07"N 2°00'14"W].
• Tethya simillima Bowerbank, J.S. 1873. Contributions to a general history of the Spongiadae. Part IV. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1873: 3-25 pls 1-4 [15].

  Type data:

   Holotype RCSL destroyed 1941, South Seas.

  Secondary source:

   Sollas, W.J. 1888. Report on the Tetractinellida 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 25(63): clxvi 1-458 44 pls 1 map [31]; Stone, S.M. 1986. Index to Important Sponge Collections. Autumn 1986. London : British Museum (Natural History) Vol. 47. [4].
• Craniella bowerbanki Sollas, W.J. 1886. Preliminary account of the tetractinellid sponges dredged by H.M.S. Challenger, 1872–1876. Part 1. The Choristida. Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society ns 5: 177-199 [181].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1889.1.1.21, Port Jackson, NSW [33°51'S 151°15'E].
  Paratype(s) BMNH 1889.1.1.20 2 specimens; BMNH 1889.1.1.22; ZMB fragments of type(s?).
• Craniella pulchra Sollas, W.J. 1886. Preliminary account of the tetractinellid sponges dredged by H.M.S. Challenger, 1872–1876. Part 1. The Choristida. Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society ns 5: 177-199 [182].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1889.1.1.23 wet, 274 m, off Twofold Bay, NSW [37°06'S 149°55'E]; BMNH 1889.1.1.23A wet, 274 m, off Twofold Bay, NSW [37°06'S 149°55'E]; BMNH 1894.11.16.64–65 2 slides 1/91, 274 m, off Twofold Bay, NSW [37°06'S 149°55'E]; ZMB fragments of type(s?), 274 m, off Twofold Bay, NSW [37°06'S 149°55'E].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Lendenfeld, R. von 1903. Tetraxonia. In Schulze, F.E. (ed.) Das Tierreich. Berlin : Friedländer Lf 19 168 pp. 44 figs. [31]
• Dendy, A. 1924. Porifera. Part 1. Non-antarctic sponges. pp. 269–392 pls 1–15 in, British Antarctic (Terra Nova) Expedition, 1910. Natural History Report, Zoology Vol. 6. [318]
• Rützler, K. 1987. Tetillidae (Spirophorida, Porifera): a taxonomic re-evaluation. pp. 187-203 in Vacelet, J. & Boury-Esnault, N. (eds). Taxonomy of Porifera from the N.E. Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. NATO ASI Series. Berlin : Springer-Verlag Vol. G13. [190]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Shark Bay, Arafura Sea, Port Jackson, Twofold Bay, also N and SW Atlantic Arctic, Indo-Malayan region, S Pacific and New Zealand.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), 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 subtidal–440 m.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
29-Mar-2018		15-Dec-2011	MOVED
29-Mar-2018		13-Apr-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)