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]. - Latrunculia hallmanni Wiedenmayer, F. 1989. Demospongiae (Porifera) from northern Bass Strait (Shelf of Southern Australia). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 50(1): 1-242 [41].
Type data:
Holotype NMV F51955 wet (egaz), Deal Is., Bass Strait, VIC [39°29'S 147°20'E].
Paratype(s) NMV F51956–60 wet.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Samaai, T., Gibbons, M.J. & Kelly, M. 2006. Revision of the genus Latrunculia du Bocage, 1869 (Porifera: Demospongiae: Latrunculiidae) with descriptions of new species from New Caledonia and the Northeastern Pacific. Zootaxa 1127: 1-17 [13]
Generic Combinations
- Diacarnus spinipoculum (Carter, 1879).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Port Jackson and Port Phillip Heads, Moreton Bay region, SE QLD; Kent Group of Ils, Blubberhead and Alligator Rock; 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; 3–27m depth.
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 Unpublished M.Sc.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. [16] (as Latrunculia hallmanni Wiedenmayer, 1989)
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30-Sep-2025 | DEMOSPONGIAE Sollas, 1885 | 10-Jun-2025 | MODIFIED | |
| 29-Mar-2018 | 15-Dec-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 29-Mar-2018 | 13-Apr-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |