Species Holopsamma ramosa (Hallmann, 1912)
- Echinoclathria ramosa Hallmann, E.F. 1912. Report on the sponges obtained by the F.I.S. Endeavour on the coasts of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Queensland, and Tasmania, 1909–10. Part 1. Zoological (and Biological) Results of the Fishing Experiments carried on by F.I.S. Endeavour 1909-1914 2: 117-300 69 figs pls 21-36 [204].
Type data:
Lectotype AM Z949 dry (NMV photo 6/26,27), off Lake Macquarie (as Tuggerah Beach), NSW [33°19'S 151°31'E].
Paralectotype(s) AM Z40 fragments of type, 1 dry, 1 wet (NMV photo 25/2,6/25).
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Hooper, J.N.A. in Hooper, J.N.A. & Wiedenmayer, F. 1994. Porifera. pp. 1-620 in Wells, A. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia Vol. 12 xiii 624 pp. [Date published 21/Nov/1994]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Lake Macquarie, NSW, Kingston and Nuyts Archipelago, SA.
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)
Ecological Descriptors
Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.
Extra Ecological Information
8–60 m depth; rock reef and sand substrates.
General References
Hooper, J.N.A. 1996. Revision of Microcionidae (Porifera: Poecilosclerida: Demospongiae), with description of Australian species. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 40: 1-626 [Date published 01/06/1996] [505]
Whitelegge, T. 1889. List of the Marine and Freshwater Invertebrate Fauna of Port Jackson and the Neighbourhood. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 23: 163-323 (misidentified as
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 | 02-May-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |