Species Dictyodendrilla cavernosa (Lendenfeld, 1886)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Dendrilla cavernosa Lendenfeld, R. von 1886. Studies on sponges. Part 1. The vestibule of Dendrilla cavernosa, nova species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 10: 557-561 pl. 39 [557].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) AM 2554 (Port Jackson, NMV photos 11/27,28), Port Jackson, SE Coast, NSW; Port Phillip Bay, Bass Strait, VIC [33°51'S 151°15'E, 38°07'S 144°48'E, 39°20'S 145°30'E]; AM G8912 wet (NMV photos 0–2), Port Jackson; BMNH 1886.7.8.7 dry (=BMNH 1886.11.6.6 slide, =AM G 3655 slide), Port Phillip, VIC [38°07'S 144°48'E]; BMNH 1886.7.8.5–6 wet, Port Jackson [33°51'S 151°15'E]; BMNH 1886.12.13.9–15 wet, NSW [33°00'S 146°00'E]; BMNH unregistered macerated; ZMB 1216 3 slides, Port Jackson [33°51'S 151°15'E]; ZMB 1217 3 slides, Port Jackson [33°51'S 151°15'E]; ZMB 10396 slide, no locality.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Port Jackson–Green Point, Port Phillip Bay, Maria Is., Fremantle, and also New Zealand.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), 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 10–50 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 Unpublished M.Sc.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. [44]

 

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)