Species Erylus lendenfeldi Sollas, 1888

Museums

Regional Maps

• Erylus lendenfeldi 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 [239] [nom. nov. for Stelletta euastrum: Carter, 1880].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH unregistered (Bowerbank Collection, 1872 dry, NMV photos 39/31,32), Port Elliot, SA (or Fremantle, WA, doubtful).

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Port Elliot, Fremantle (doubtful), and also Indian Ocean.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 36–79 m.

 

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 [319] (Mentioned in this article)

Carter, H.J. 1880. Report on specimens dredged up from the Gulf of Manaar and presented to the Liverpool Free Museum by Capt. W.H. Cawne Warren. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 6: 35-61, 129-156 pls 4-8 [136 (part), pl. 7 fig. 42] (misidentified as Stelletta euastrum Schmidt, 1868)

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

 

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)