Species Cymbastela concentrica (Lendenfeld, 1887)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Antherochalina concentrica Lendenfeld, R. von 1887. Die Chalineen des australischen Gebietes. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 2: 723-828 pls 18-26, 28 [788].

  Type data:

   Lectotype AM Z1993 wet (egaz), Port Molle (Airlee Beach), Great Barrier Reef, QLD (20º13´S 48º49´E), (not the published locality of St Vincent Gulf, SA) [20°20'S 148°51'E, 18°00'S 146°50'E, 35°00'S 138°05'E].
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1886.8.27.451 2 specimens, wet; BMNH 1886.8.27.460 dry.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Shallow waters–20 m, inshore coral reef habitats.

General References

Erpenbeck, D., List-Armitage, S., Alvarez, B., Degnan, B.M., Wörheide, G. & Hooper, J.N.A. 2007. The systematics of Raspailiidae (Demospongiae: Poecilosclerida: Microcionina) re-analysed with a ribosomal marker. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 87: 1571–1576 [1573]

Gillan, F.T., Stoilov, I.L., Thompson, J.E., Hogg, R.W., Wilkinson, C.R. & Djerassi, C. 1988. Fatty acids as biological markers for bacterial symbionts in sponges. Lipids 23(12): 1139-1145 [1140] (cited as Pseudaxinyssa sp.)

Hooper, J.N.A., List-Armitage, S.E., Kennedy, J.A., Cook, S.D. & Valentine, C.A. 1999. Sponges of the Low Isles, Great Barrier Reef: an important scientific site, or a case of mistaken identity? Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 44: 249-262 [259] (Listed in this article)

Hooper, J.N.A. & Bergquist, P.R. 1992. Cymbastela, a new genus of lamellate coral reef sponges. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 32(1): 99-137 [114] (in new combination)

Pitcher, C.R., Wassenberg, T.J., Smith, G.P., Cappo, M., Hooper, J.N.A. & Doherty, P.J. 1999. Innovative new methods for measuring the natural dynamics of some structurally dominant tropical sponges and other sessile fauna. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 44: 479-484 [483] (Listed in this article)

Roberts, D.E., Cummins, S.P., Davis, A.R. & Pangway, C. 1999. Evidence for symbiotic algae in sponges from temperate coastal reefs in New South Wales, Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 44: 493-498 [495] (Listed in this article)

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