• Ecionemia Bowerbank, J.S. 1862. On the anatomy and physiology of the Spongiadae. Part III. On the generic characters, the specific characters, and on the method of examination. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 152: 1087-1135 pls 72-74 [1101].

  Type species:

   Ecionemia acervus Bowerbank, 1863 by original designation.
• Stellettinopsis 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 [348].

  Type species:

   Stellettinopsis corticata Carter, 1879 by original designation.
• Algol Sollas, W.J. 1888. Report on the Tetractinellida collected by H.M.S. Challenger, during the years 1873–1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 25(63): clxvi 1-458 44 pls 1 map [200] [objective synonym of Stellettinopsis Carter, 1879].

  Type species:

   Stellettinopsis corticata Carter, 1879 by original designation.
• Thalassomora Lendenfeld, R. von 1888. Descriptive Catalogue of the Sponges in the Australian Museum, Sydney. London : Taylor & Francis 260 pp. 12 pls. [40].

  Type species:

   Thalassomora nigra Lendenfeld, 1888 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IMCRA

Christmas Island Province (23), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Diagnosis

Massive or thickly encrusting sponges without a distinct cortex. Triaenes of different types, and large oxeas as megascleres. Microscleres include spiny microrhabds in addition to euasters. Microrhabds usually form a dermal layer.

ID Keys

See Family Ancorinidae Diagnosis.

Diagnosis References

Uriz, M. J. 2002. Family Ancorinidae, 1870. pp. 108-126 in Hooper, J.N.A. & van Soest, R.W.M. (eds). Systema Porifera: A guide to the classification of sponges. New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers Vol. 1. [118]

History of changes

• Ecionemia acervus Bowerbank, J.S. 1862. On the anatomy and physiology of the Spongiadae. Part III. On the generic characters, the specific characters, and on the method of examination. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 152: 1087-1135 pls 72-74 [1101].

  Type data:

   Holotype RCSL (lost see Stone, S.M. 1986. Index to Important Sponge Collections. Autumn 1986. London : British Museum (Natural History) Vol. 47 . [4]), Fiji [17°43'55"S 177°59'50"E].
• Stelletta bacillifera Carter, H.J. 1887. Report on the marine sponges, chiefly from King Island in the Mergui Archipelago, collected for the Trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta, by Dr John Anderson. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology Zool. 21: 61-84 pls 5-7 [78].

  Type data:

   Holotype IM, Kadan Kyun (as King Is.), Mergui Archipelago, Burma [12°37'33"N 98°25'11"E, 12°13'30"N 97°04'04"E, 12°39'46"N 99°17'20"E].

  Secondary source:

   Carter, H.J. 1883. Contributions to our knowledge of the Spongida. Pachytragida. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 11: 344-369 pls 14-15 [352]; Carter, H.J. 1887. Report on the marine sponges, chiefly from King Island in the Mergui Archipelago, collected for the Trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta, by Dr John Anderson. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology Zool. 21: 61-84 pls 5-7 [61]; Kirkpatrick, R. 1900. IV. On the sponges of Christmas Island. In Andrews, C.W., Smith, E.A., Bernard, H.M., Kirkpatrick, R. & Chapman, F.C.: On the marine fauna of Christmas Island (Indian Ocean). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1900: 127-141 pls 12-13 [131].
• Ecionemia nigrum Sollas, W.J. 1888. Report on the Tetractinellida collected by H.M.S. Challenger, during the years 1873–1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 25(63): clxvi 1-458 44 pls 1 map [198].

  Type data:

   Holotype RCSL fragment (now lost), 'West Coast of Africa' (doubtful).

  Type locality references:

  Burton, M. 1959. Sponges. Scientific Reports of the John Murray Expedition 10(5): 151-281 41 figs [194].
• Ecionemia rotundum Sollas, W.J. 1888. Report on the Tetractinellida collected by H.M.S. Challenger, during the years 1873–1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 25(63): clxvi 1-458 44 pls 1 map [198] [replacement name for Stelletta acervus: Ridley, 1884 (=junior secondary homonym of Stelletta acervus Bowerbank, 1863)].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1882.10.17.53 wet, Amirante Group, Indian Ocean [6°55'37"S 52°06'03"E].
• Thalassomora nigra Lendenfeld, R. von 1888. Descriptive Catalogue of the Sponges in the Australian Museum, Sydney. London : Taylor & Francis 260 pp. 12 pls. [40].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1886.8.27.635 wet (=AM G3641 slide), Port Molle, QLD; AM G9068 wet (NMV photos 21/5–8), Port Molle, QLD [20°20'S 148°51'E]; BMNH 1954.2.12.18 slide 1/27, Port Molle, QLD [20°20'S 148°51'E].
• Stelletta lobata Kieschnick, O. 1896. Silicispongiae von Ternate nach den Sammlungen von Herrn Prof. Dr. W. Kükenthal. Zoologischer Anzeiger 19: 526-534 [527].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, SMF (probably lost), Ternate, Indonesia [0°47'06"N 127°22'12"E].

  Secondary source:

   Thiele, J. 1900. Kieselschwämme von Ternate. I. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 25: 19-80 pls 2-3 [31]; Thiele, J. 1903. Kieselschwämme von Ternate. II. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 25: 933-968 pl. 28 [963].
• Stelletta truncata Kieschnick, O. 1896. Silicispongiae von Ternate nach den Sammlungen von Herrn Prof. Dr. W. Kükenthal. Zoologischer Anzeiger 19: 526-534 [528].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, SMF (probably lost), Ternate, Indonesia [0°47'06"N 127°22'12"E].

  Secondary source:

   Thiele, J. 1900. Kieselschwämme von Ternate. I. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 25: 19-80 pls 2-3 [31]; Thiele, J. 1903. Kieselschwämme von Ternate. II. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 25: 933-968 pl. 28 [963].
• Ancorina simplex Lendenfeld, R. von 1897. Spongien von Sansibar. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 21: 93-133 pls 9-10 [96].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) ZMB 2960, low tide level, Bawi, Zanzibar, Indian Ocean [5°36'25"N 16°15'28"E]; ZMB 2380 4 slides, low tide level, Bawi, Zanzibar, Indian Ocean [5°36'25"N 16°15'28"E]; BMNH 1908.9.24.91 fragment of type, low tide level, Bawi, Zanzibar, Indian Ocean [5°36'25"N 16°15'28"E]; BMNH 1897.3.25.46–49 4 slides, low tide level, Bawi, Zanzibar, Indian Ocean [5°36'25"N 16°15'28"E].
• Ecionemia agglutinans Thiele, J. 1899. Studien über pazifische Spongien. II. Ueber einige Spongien von Celebes. Zoologica (New York) 24: 1-33 pls 1-5 [7].

  Type data:

   Holotype NHMB Alk. Präp. 3 wet, off Kema (N coast), Sulawesi (as Celebes) [2°10'44"S 119°21'07"E].

  Secondary source:

   Forcart, L. 1966. Katalog der Typusexemplare in den Porifera- und Coelenterata-Sammlungen des Naturhistorischen Museums zu Basel. Verhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel 77(1): 82-86 [82].
• Ecionemia cribrosa Thiele, J. 1900. Kieselschwämme von Ternate. I. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 25: 19-80 pls 2-3 [31].

  Type data:

   Holotype SMF 935 wet, 4 slides, Ternate, Indonesia [0°47'06"N 127°22'12"E].
• Ecionemia cinerea Thiele, J. 1900. Kieselschwämme von Ternate. I. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 25: 19-80 pls 2-3 [32].

  Type data:

   Holotype SMF 1536 T wet, Ternate, Indonesia [0°47'06"N 127°22'12"E].
• Ecionemia nigrescens Thiele, J. 1900. Kieselschwämme von Ternate. I. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 25: 19-80 pls 2-3 [34].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB 3186 wet, 3 slides, Ternate, Indonesia [0°47'06"N 127°22'12"E].
• Ancorina (Ecionemia) amboinensis Lendenfeld, R. von 1903. Tetraxonia. In Schulze, F.E. (ed.) Das Tierreich. Berlin : Friedländer Lf 19 168 pp. 44 figs. [63] [doubtful replacement name for Stelletta truncata Kieschnick, 1898 (=junior primary homonym of Stelletta truncata Kieschnick, 1896)].

  Type data:

   Holotype PMJ Porif.76 wet (NMV photos 56/58–61 (coords for Indonesia only)), Ambon Is., Indonesia [3°50'39"S 137°40'49"E].
• Ecionemia carteri Dendy, A. 1905. Report on the sponges collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. 57-246 pls 1-16 in Herdman, W.A. (ed.). Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar. London : Royal Society Vol. 3 Suppl. 18. [79].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH RN 175 =1907.2.1.9 wet (coords for Galle - no other coords avail), Galle, Sri Lanka; Muttuvaratu Paar, Gulf of Mannar, 'Ceylon Seas' [6°01'58"N 80°13'04"E].
  Paratype(s) BMNH RN 188 =1925.11.1.1234 slide 1/25; BMNH RN 259 =1925.11.1.1235 slide 1/26.
• Ancorina novaezealandiae Dendy, A. 1924. Porifera. Part 1. Non-antarctic sponges. pp. 269–392 pls 1–15 in, British Antarctic (Terra Nova) Expedition, 1910. Natural History Report, Zoology Vol. 6. [301].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1923.10.1.30, 183 m, SW of Three Kings Ils, New Zealand [34°11'02"S 172°05'20"E].
• Ancorina brevidens Dendy, A. & Frederick, L.M. 1924. On a collection of sponges from the Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology Zool. 35: 477-519 pls 25-26 [493].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1925.11.1.133 RN vi.16 wet, Long Is., Houtman Abrolhos (as Abrolhos Ils), WA [28°35'09"S 113°31'33"E].
• Hezekia walkeri Laubenfels, M.W. de 1954. The sponges of the West-Central Pacific. Oregon State Monographs. Studies in Zoology 7: 1-306 pls 1-12 [236].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) USNM 22812 (coords for Caroline I, Paku I, Ponape, Likiep and Bikini), Micronesia, Caroline Ils, Koror, Paku Ils, Ponapé, Marshall Ils, Likiep Atoll, Enniwetok Atoll, Bikini Atoll [9°57'32"S 150°29'16"W, 0°34'55"N 110°04'15"E, 6°56'13"N 158°21'21"E, 9°55'33"N 169°17'34"E]; USNM 22822 (coords for Caroline I, Paku I, Ponape, Likiep Atoll and Bikini), Micronesia, Caroline Ils, Koror, Paku Ils, Ponapé, Marshall Ils, Likiep Atoll, Enniwetok Atoll, Bikini Atoll [9°57'32"S 150°29'16"W, 0°34'55"N 110°04'15"E, 6°56'13"N 158°21'21"E, 9°55'33"N 169°17'34"E]; USNM 22863 (coords for Caroline I, Paku I, Ponape, Likiep Atoll and Bikini), Micronesia, Caroline Ils, Koror, Paku Ils, Ponapé, Marshall Ils, Likiep Atoll, Enniwetok Atoll, Bikini Atoll [9°57'32"S 150°29'16"W, 0°34'55"N 110°04'15"E, 6°56'13"N 158°21'21"E, 9°55'33"N 169°17'34"E]; USNM 22870 (coords for Caroline I, Paku I, Ponape, Likiep Atoll and Bikini), Micronesia, Caroline Ils, Koror, Paku Ils, Ponapé, Marshall Ils, Likiep Atoll, Enniwetok Atoll, Bikini Atoll [9°57'32"S 150°29'16"W, 0°34'55"N 110°04'15"E, 6°56'13"N 158°21'21"E, 9°55'33"N 169°17'34"E]; USNM 22871 (coords for Caroline I, Paku I, Ponape, Likiep Atoll and Bikini), Micronesia, Caroline Ils, Koror, Paku Ils, Ponapé, Marshall Ils, Likiep Atoll, Enniwetok Atoll, Bikini Atoll [9°57'32"S 150°29'16"W, 0°34'55"N 110°04'15"E, 6°56'13"N 158°21'21"E, 9°55'33"N 169°17'34"E]; USNM 22925 (coords for Caroline I, Paku I, Ponape, Likiep Atoll and Bikini), Micronesia, Caroline Ils, Koror, Paku Ils, Ponapé, Marshall Ils, Likiep Atoll, Enniwetok Atoll, Bikini Atoll [9°57'32"S 150°29'16"W, 0°34'55"N 110°04'15"E, 6°56'13"N 158°21'21"E, 9°55'33"N 169°17'34"E]; USNM 23006 (coords for Caroline I, Paku I, Ponape, Likiep Atoll and Bikini), Micronesia, Caroline Ils, Koror, Paku Ils, Ponapé, Marshall Ils, Likiep Atoll, Enniwetok Atoll, Bikini Atoll [9°57'32"S 150°29'16"W, 0°34'55"N 110°04'15"E, 6°56'13"N 158°21'21"E, 9°55'33"N 169°17'34"E]; USNM 23054 (coords for Caroline I, Paku I, Ponape, Likiep Atoll and Bikini), Micronesia, Caroline Ils, Koror, Paku Ils, Ponapé, Marshall Ils, Likiep Atoll, Enniwetok Atoll, Bikini Atoll [9°57'32"S 150°29'16"W, 0°34'55"N 110°04'15"E, 6°56'13"N 158°21'21"E, 9°55'33"N 169°17'34"E].
• Ecionemia spinastra Lévi, C. 1958. Résultats scientifiques des campagnes de la Calypso. Campagne 1951–1952 en Mer Rouge. Spongiaires de Mer Rouge recueillies par la Calypso (1951–1952). Annales de l'Institut Océanographie, Monaco & Paris ns 34: 3-46 [8].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHN Paris, Abulat, Red Sea [22°32'56"N 37°06'43"E].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Burton, M. 1959. Sponges. Scientific Reports of the John Murray Expedition 10(5): 151-281 41 figs [194]
• Bergquist, P.R. 1965. The sponges of Micronesia, Part I. The Palau Archipelago. Pacific Science 19: 123-204 34 figs [191]

Generic Combinations

• Ancorina acervus (Bowerbank, 1862).

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

IMCRA

Christmas Island Province (23), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth subtidal–180 m.

General References

Fromont, J. 1999. Demosponges of the Houtman Abrolhos. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 44: 175-184 [177] (Listed in this article)

Lendenfeld, R. von 1888. Descriptive Catalogue of the Sponges in the Australian Museum, Sydney. London : Taylor & Francis 260 pp. 12 pls.

History of changes

• Stellettinopsis corticata 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 [348].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1855.3.14.8 dry (NMV photos 39/18,19), Adelaide, SA [34°56'S 138°36'E].

Generic Combinations

• Ancorina corticata (Carter, 1989).

Distribution

States

South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, filter-feeder, sessile.

History of changes

• Stelletta geodides Carter, H.J. 1886. Description of sponges from the neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads, South Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 17: 40-53, 112-127 [125].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ('Peterborough No 76' in Carter's ms catalogue, not listed among the specimens deposited), 24 m, Port Phillip Heads, VIC [38°07'S 144°48'E].

Generic Combinations

• Ecionemia geodides (Carter, 1886). —
  van Soest, R. 2011. Ecionemia geodides (Carter, 1886). In: Van Soest, R.W.M, Boury-Esnault, N., Hooper, J.N.A., Rützler, K, de Voogd, N.J., Alvarez de Glasby, B., Hajdu, E., Pisera, A.B., Manconi, R., Schoenberg, C., Janussen, D., Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M., Picton, B., Kelly, M., Vacelet, J. (2011) World Porifera database. Accessed through: Van Soest, R.W.M, Boury-Esnault, N., Hooper, J.N.A., Rützler, K, de Voogd, N.J., Alvarez de Glasby, B., Hajdu, E., Pisera, A.B., Manconi, R., Schoenberg, C., Janussen, D., Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M., Picton, B., Kelly, M., Vacelet, J. (2011) World Porifera database at http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=169808 on 2012-01-12. http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=169808 (checked on 2012-01-12)

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Depth 24 m.

Known only from type locality.

IMCRA

Bass Strait Shelf Province (35)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, filter-feeder, sessile.

General References

Wiedenmayer, F. 1989. Demospongiae (Porifera) from northern Bass Strait (Shelf of Southern Australia). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 50(1): 1-242 [14]

History of changes

• Stelletta [bacillifera] robusta Carter, H.J. 1883. Contributions to our knowledge of the Spongida. Pachytragida. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 11: 344-369 pls 14-15 [351] [bacillifera is a nom. nud. before 1887].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH (not found), Port Elliot and Adelaide, SA [35°32'S 138°41'E and 34°56'S 138°36'E]; BMNH 1954.3.9.559 slide, Australia; BMNH 1954.3.9.560 slide, Port Elliott [35°32'S 138°41'E]; BMNH 1954.3.9.561 slide, Adelaide [34°56'S 138°36'E].
• Psammastra gigas Lendenfeld, R. von 1888. Descriptive Catalogue of the Sponges in the Australian Museum, Sydney. London : Taylor & Francis 260 pp. 12 pls. [39].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) AM G9105 wet, 2 fragments of type (NMV photos 19/31–34), Port Jackson, NSW [33°51'S 151°15'E]; BMNH 1886.8.27.609 wet (=AM G3633 slide, fragment of type, NMV photos 19/22–25), Port Jackson, NSW [33°51'S 151°15'E]; BMNH 1954.2.12.30 2 slides 1/30 (as Papyrula gigas), Port Jackson, NSW [33°51'S 151°15'E].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Lendenfeld, R. von 1903. Tetraxonia. In Schulze, F.E. (ed.) Das Tierreich. Berlin : Friedländer Lf 19 168 pp. 44 figs. [63]

Generic Combinations

• Ancorina robusta (Carter, 1883).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

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. [11]

Wiedenmayer, F. 1989. Demospongiae (Porifera) from northern Bass Strait (Shelf of Southern Australia). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 50(1): 1-242 [17]

History of changes