Species Crella (Grayella) spinulata (Hentschel, 1911)
- Grayella spinulata Hentschel, E. 1911. Tetraxonida. pp. 279-393, 54 figs 2. Teil. in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : G. Fischer Vol. 3 (10). [340].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZMH, 6–9 m, Shark Bay, WA; 9 m, entrance to South Passage; ZMB 4430 (possible fragment of type), 6–9 m, Shark Bay, WA; 9 m, entrance to South Passage.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
W coast, NW coast, Great Barrier Reef, N coast, WA, NT, QLD; Shark Bay, Penguin Channel, Snake Reef, Houtman Abrolhos, NW Shelf, Darwin Harbour, also Indian Ocean and New Caledonia.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)
Ecological Descriptors
Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.
Extra Ecological Information
Depth 6–55 m.
General References
Bandaranayake, W.M. & Wickramasinghe, W.A. 1996. Benzylmercaptan (benzylthiol) and dibenzyldisulfide from the marine sponge Crella spinulata (Hentschel) (Poecilosclerida: Crellidae). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. B. Comparative Biochemistry 113: 499-502 [499]
Fromont, J. 1999. Demosponges of the Houtman Abrolhos. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 44: 175-184 [177] (Listed in this article)
Hooper, J.N.A., Capon, R.J., Keenan, C.P., Parry, D.L. & Smit, N. 1992. Chemotaxonomy of marine sponges: families Microcionidae, Raspailiidae and Axinellidae, and their relationships with other families in the orders Poecilosclerida and Axinellida (Porifera: Demospongiae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 6(2): 261-301 [263]
Hooper, J.N.A. & Lévi, C. 1993. Poecilosclerida from the New Caledonian lagoon (Porifera: Demospongiae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 7(5): 1221-1302
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 29-Mar-2018 | 15-Dec-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 29-Mar-2018 | 13-Apr-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |