Species Diacarnus spinipoculum (Carter, 1879)
- Axos spinipoculum Carter, H.J. 1879. Contributions to our knowledge of the Spongida. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 3: 284-304, 343-360 pls 25-29 [286].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1846.10.14.174 wet (NMV photos 34/0,1), Port Jackson, NSW.Secondary source:
Hooper, J.N.A. 1986. Revision of the marine sponge genus Axos Gray (Demospongiae: Axinellida) from Northwest Australia. The Beagle. Occasional Papers of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences 3(1): 167-189 pl. 1 [181, figs 6-8, redescribed].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Port Jackson and Port Phillip Heads, Moreton Bay region, SE QLD; also Chuuk, Micronesia, and Fiji.
IMCRA
Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)
Ecological Descriptors
Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.
Extra Ecological Information
Coral reef and rock reef; 10–27m depth.
General References
Hooper, J.N.A. 1986. Revision of the marine sponge genus Axos Gray (Demospongiae: Axinellida) from Northwest Australia. The Beagle. Occasional Papers of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences 3(1): 167-189 pl. 1 [181]
Kelly-Borges, M. & Vacelet, J. 1995. A revision of Diacarnus Burton and Negombata de Laubenfels (Demospongiae: Latrunculiidae) with descriptions of new species from the west central Pacific and the Red Sea. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 38(2): 477-503 [479]
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) |