Species Erylus amissus Adams & Hooper, 2001

Museums

Regional Maps

• Erylus amissus Adams, C.L. & Hooper, J.N.A. 2001. A revision of Australian Erylus (Porifera: Demospongiae: Astrophorida: Geodiidae) with a tabular review of worldwide species. Invertebrate Taxonomy 15: 319-340 [320].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM G314457 preserved, Davies Reef, Great Barrier Reef [18°49.555'S 147°37.561'E].
  Paratype(s) QM G314520 preserved, Stanley Reef, Great Barrier Reef [19°18.83'S 148°02.56'E]; QM G314686 preserved, South Percy Isalnd, Northumberland Isles, Great Barrier Reef [21°44.176'S 150°19.169'E]; QM G306540 preserved, Porpoise Cay, Wreck Reef, Coral Sea [22°11.5'S 155°20.5'E]; QM G315637 preserved, Sunshine Coast, South East QLD [26°24.46'S 153°08.5'E]; QM G313598 preserved, Hutchinson Shoal, Moreton Island, South East QLD [26°56.611'S 153°29.246E]; QM G313633 preserved, Flinders Reef, Moreton Island, South East QLD [26°58.803'S 153°29.258'E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Aquatic, coral reef, filter-feeder.

General References

Adams, C.L. & Hooper, J.N.A. 2001. A revision of Australian Erylus (Porifera: Demospongiae: Astrophorida: Geodiidae) with a tabular review of worldwide species. Invertebrate Taxonomy 15: 319-340 [320] (Listed in this article)

Hooper, J.N.A. & Kennedy, J.A. 2002. Small-scale patterns of sponge biodiversity (Porifera) on Sunshine Coast reefs, eastern Australia. Invertebrate Systematics 16(4): 637-653 [646] (Listed in this article)

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