Species Fasciospongia flabellum (Lendenfeld, 1889)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Stelospongia flabellum Lendenfeld, R. von 1889. Die Verwandtschaftsverhältnisse der Hornschwämme. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 4: 1-93 [53] [in key, described in Lendenfeld, R. von 1889. A Monograph of the Horny Sponges. London : Trübner & Co. 936 pp. 17 figs 50 pls. (501, pl. 31 fig. 12, pl. 32 fig. 8, pl. 39 fig. 6), type series composite].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1886.12.15.213 dry (egaz), ('Australia' NT, Perth (as Swan River), WA; 30–40 m, Port Phillip Heads, VIC; Illawarra, NSW [31°53'S 116°03'E, 38°07'S 144°48'E, 37°04'S 142°42'E].
  Paratype(s) BMNH 1844.9.13.8 8 specimens, dry (egaz), Illawarra, NSW [37°04'S 142°42'E]; BMNH 1844.9.13.9 dry, no locality; BMNH 1851.7.25.175 dry, no locality; BMNH 1872.5.21.1 dry, Swan River, WA [32°03'S 115°45'E]; BMNH 1864.3.26.4 dry, no locality; BMNH 1886.8.27.133 dry (as Cacospongia, (BMNH 2 unregistered specimens, NT and no locality; both =Fasciospongia rimosa)), NT; ZMB 7117 slide, no locality.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

'Australia' NT, Perth (as Swan River), WA; Port Phillip Heads, VIC; Illawarra, NSW.

Known only from type locality.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

 

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)