Species Dactylia dichotoma (Lendenfeld, 1886)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Chalinopsis dichotoma Lendenfeld, R. von 1886. Studies on sponges. Part 4. Two cases of mimicry in sponges. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 10: 569-574 pls 43-44 [570].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM G8960 dry (NMV photo 3/1 - egaz), West Coast, WA [25°00'S 122°00'E].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

W coast, SE coast, WA, NSW, TAS; Port Jackson, Hawkesbury River, Maroubra and Cosy Corner.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

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–9 m.

 

General References

Carpay, M. 1986. The marine sponges of Tasmania. A checklist of a number of marine sponges, occurring along the Tasmanian coast. Unpublished M.Sc. thesis, Department of Bijzondere Dierkunde, Institute of Taxonomic Zoology, Amsterdam. pp. 1–77. [34]

 

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)