- Echinodictyum pulchrum Brøndsted, H.V. 1934. Résultats scientifiques du voyage aux Indes Orientales néerlandaises de Ll. AA. RR. le Prince et la Princesse Léopold de Belgique. Sponges. Mémoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique hors sér. 2(15): 3-27 [18] [replacement name].
Type data:
Holotype RIB, Pulu Mariri, Pulu Enu, Aru Is., Arafura Sea.
Paratype(s) RIB. - Spongia cancellata Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de Monet 1814. Sur les polypiers empâtés. Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 20: 294-312, 370-386, 432-458 [456] [junior homonym; preoccupied by Spongia cancellata Linnaeus, 1767].
Type data:
Holotype MNHN Paris LBIM DT619 dry, precise locality unknown, 'Australian Seas' (Péron and Lesueur Collection).Secondary source:
Topsent, E. 1933. Eponges de Lamarck conservées au Muséum de Paris. Fin. Archives du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 6 10: 1-60 5 figs pls 1-3 [7].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Hooper, J.N.A. 1991. Revision of the family Raspailiidae (Porifera: Demospongiae), with descriptions of Australian species. Invertebrate Taxonomy 5(6): 1179-1418 [1358]
- van Soest, R.W.M., Hooper, J.N.A & Butler, P.J. 2020. Every sponge its own name: removing Porifera homonyms. Zootaxa 4745(1): 001-093 [16] (assign replacement name)
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
From Shark Bay to N Great Barrier Reef, also Indo-Malayan region.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.
Extra Ecological Information
Depth 5–108 m.
General References
Fromont, J. 2003. Porifera (Sponges) in the Dampier Archipelago: Taxonomic affinities and biogeography. Proceedings of the Twelfth International Marine Biological Workshop. The Marine Flora and Fauna of Dampier, Western Australia. 405-417 pp. [408] (Listed in this article)
Hooper, J.N.A., Capon, R.J., Keenan, C.P., Parry, D.L. & Smit, N. 1992. Chemotaxonomy of marine sponges: families Microcionidae, Raspailiidae and Axinellidae, and their relationships with other families in the orders Poecilosclerida and Axinellida (Porifera: Demospongiae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 6(2): 261-301 [263]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10-Dec-2023 | DEMOSPONGIAE Sollas, 1885 | 19-Mar-2025 | MODIFIED | |
| 29-Mar-2018 | 15-Dec-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 29-Mar-2018 | 13-Apr-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |