Introduction

Grantiidae Dendy, 1893 are very variable and include encrusting, lobate, tubular, sac-shaped, ovoid, spherical, vase-shaped and many other growth forms, either solitary or grouped and sessile, substipitate, or stipitate. The surface has a distinct dermal cortex and a proper cortical skeleton of tangential radiates (Hooper & Wiedenmayer 1994: fig. 158), sometimes supplemented by, and occasionally replaced by, oxeas (Hooper & Wiedenmayer 1994: figs 164–174). The ectosomal cortex sometimes has quadriradiates (Hooper & Wiedenmayer 1994: fig. 158) in association with choanosomal triradiates (Hooper & Wiedenmayer 1994: figs 147–153). The skeleton of the chamber layer ranges from regularly articulate to irregularly scattered, typically with subgastral sagittal radiates (Hooper & Wiedenmayer 1994: fig. 155). Some subdermal pseudosagittal triradiates may occur, but these are regarded as derived from normal choanosomal spicules, and do not form a continuous distict layer as in the Heteropiidae. Subdermal quadriradiates (Hooper & Wiedenmayer 1994: figs 157, 158), if present, are always associated with the chamber-layer skeleton containing confused triradiates. Nuclei of collared cells are probably always apical. Choanocyte chambers are asconoid, elongate and radially arranged, or small, spherical and irregularly scattered in the choanosome (leuconoid).

The Grantiidae includes 25 recognised genera, among which 14 are recorded in the Australian fauna. The family has a generally widespread geographical distribution and occurs from intertidal habitats to depths of at least 2195 m (Hartman 1982).

Haeckel (1872) established Leucones as a supra-generic group for Leuconia and other genera, and it was later used at subfamily level by de Laubenfels (1936). Prior to Dendy (1893), both Leuconiinae Haeckel, 1872 and Grantiinae Lendenfeld, 1885 were used only at the subfamily level. We accept that Leuconiidae Haeckel, 1872 has priority over Grantiidae Dendy, 1893 under the ICZN: Art. 36a (Principle of co-ordination in family group taxa and names), however, we are reticent to change the established use of Grantiidae pending a thorough review of the order.

Reviews are available in Lendenfeld (1885a); Lendenfeld (1885b; as Grantinae); Dendy (1893a, 1893b; with Grantia, Grantiopsis, Ute, Synute, Utella, Anamixilla, Sycyssa, Leucandra, Lelapia, Leucyssa); Dendy & Row (1913; Lelapia removed to Lelapiidae; the following added: Teichonopsis, Sycute, Achramorpha, Uteopsis, Megapogon, Baeria, Leucopsilla, Aphroceras, Leucettaga, Paraleucilla, Lamontia, Trichogypsia, Kuarrhaphis, Eilhardia); Tanita (1943; key to genera); Hartman (1958; family referred to Sycettida); Borojevic (1966, 1968; discussion, differentiation from Heteropiidae); and Hartman (1982).

Diagnosis

Leucosolenida in which there is always a cortex, supported by a skeleton of tangential spicules that can be diactines, triactines, tetractines, or any combination of these. The aquiferous system is either syconoid with radial and elongate choanocyte chambers, or sylleibid or leuconoid with elongate or spherical, scattered choanocyte chambers. The inhalant and exhalant aquiferous systems are always fully developed. The choanoskeleton is articulate, tubular in syconoid species, and contains few to several rows of triactines and/or tetractines, or is, in leuconoid species, arranged without apparent order. In the latter case, the choanoskeleton always preserves traces of the radial organisation, particularly at the level of the subatrial triactines and/or tetractines. The atrial skeleton consisting of tangential triactines and/or tetractines is well developed.

ID Keys

See Order Lecusolenida Diagnosis

Diagnosis References

Borojevic, R., Boury-Esnault, N., Manuel, M. & Vacelet, J. 2002. Order Leucosolenida Hartman, 1958. pp. 1157-1184 in Hooper, J.N.A. & Soest, R.W.M. Van (eds). Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers Vol. 2. [1163]

General References

Borojevic, R. 1966. Eponges calcaires des côtes de France. I. Amphiute paulini Hanitsch; les genres Amphiute et Paraheteropia. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale 106: 665-670 2 figs

Borojevic, R. 1968. Systématique et évolution des éponges Calcaires. Dieuxième Thèse. Université de Paris. 33 pp.

Dendy, A. 1893. Studies on the comparative anatomy of sponges. V. Observations on the structure and classification of the Calcarea Heterocoela. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science 2 35: 159-257 pls 10-14

Dendy, A. 1893. Synopsis of the Australian Calcarea Heterocoela, with a proposed classification of the group and descriptions of some new genera and species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 5: 69-116

Dendy, A. & Row, R.W.H. 1913. The classification and phylogeny of the calcareous sponges, with a reference list of all the described species, systematically arranged. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1913: 704-813

Haeckel, E. 1872. Die Kalkschwämme. Eine Monographie in zwei Bänden Text und einem Atlas mit 60 Tafeln Abbildungen. Berlin : Georg Reimer Vol. 1 pp. 1-396; Vol. 2 pp. 1-418; Vol. 3, pls 1-30. [part translated in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4)11: 241–262, 421–430]

Hartman, W.D. 1958. A re-examination of Bidder's classification of the Calcarea. Systematic Zoology 7: 97-110

Hartman, W.D. 1982. Porifera. pp. 640-666 in Parker, S.P. (ed.). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. New York : McGraw-Hill Vol. 1.

Hooper, J.N.A. & Wiedenmayer, F. 1994. Porifera. pp. 1–620 in Wells, A. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia Vol. 12 xiii 624 pp. [Date published 21/Nov/1994]

Laubenfels, M.W. de 1936. A discussion of the sponge fauna of the Dry Tortugas in particular, and the West Indies in general, with material for a revision of the families and orders of the Porifera. (Tortugas Lab. Paper No. 467). Publication of the Carnegie Institution of Washington Washington 30: 1-225 22 pls 1 map

Lendenfeld, R. von 1885. A monograph of the Australian sponges. Part 3. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 9: 1083-1150 pls 59-67

Lendenfeld, R. von 1885. Die Verwandtschaftsverhältnisse der Kalkschwämme. Zoologischer Anzeiger 8: 211-215

Tanita, S. 1943. Studies on the Calcarea of Japan. Science Reports of the Tôhoku University Biology 17: 353-490 pls 11-18

History of changes

• Aphroceras Gray, J.E. 1858. Description of Aphroceras, a new genus of Calcareous Spongiadae brought from Hong Kong by Dr. Harland. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 26: 113-114 pl. 10 figs 1-2 [113].

  Type species:

   Aphroceras alcicornis Gray, 1858 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Malayan region, E Pacific, Indian Ocean, S Africa, E and N Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea.

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Distribution References

Diagnosis

Grantiidae with leuconoid organisation. The cortex is supported, at least in part, by giant longitudinal diactines.

ID Keys

See Order Leucosolenida Diagnosis

Diagnosis References

Borojevic, R., Boury-Esnault, N., Manuel, M. & Vacelet, J. 2002. Order Leucosolenida Hartman, 1958. pp. 1157-1184 in Hooper, J.N.A. & Soest, R.W.M. Van (eds). Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers Vol. 2. [1167]

History of changes

• Aphroceras alcicornis Gray, J.E. 1858. Description of Aphroceras, a new genus of Calcareous Spongiadae brought from Hong Kong by Dr. Harland. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 26: 113-114 pl. 10 figs 1-2 [113].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1955.11.2.31 dry, Hong Kong [22°26'37"N 114°05'43"E].

  Secondary source:

   Burton, M. 1963. A Revision of the Classification of the Calcareous Sponges. London : British Museum pp. 1-693 figs 1-375. [633].
• Cyathiscus actinia Haeckel, E. 1870. Prodromus eines Systems der Kalkschwämme. Jenaische Zeitschrift für Medizin und Naturwissenschaft 5: 236-254 [also appeared in English as: Haeckel, E. 1870. Prodromus of a system of the Calcareous sponges. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4)5:176–191] [241] [available by indication: monotypy of defined genus; cited as synonym of Leucandra alcicornis (Gray, 1858) by Haeckel, E. 1872. Die Kalkschwämme. Eine Monographie in zwei Bänden Text und einem Atlas mit 60 Tafeln Abbildungen. Berlin : Georg Reimer . [part translated in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4)11: 241–262, 421–430] (184)].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, PMJ ? (not found), Honolulu, Hawaii [21°19'44"N 157°51'43"W].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Dendy, A. & Row, R.W.H. 1913. The classification and phylogeny of the calcareous sponges, with a reference list of all the described species, systematically arranged. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1913: 704-813 [491]

Distribution

States

Tasmania, Victoria

IMCRA

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

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

History of changes

• Leucandra cataphracta Haeckel, E. 1872. Die Kalkschwämme. Eine Monographie in zwei Bänden Text und einem Atlas mit 60 Tafeln Abbildungen. Berlin : Georg Reimer Vol. 1 pp. 1-396; Vol. 2 pp. 1-418; Vol. 3, pls 1-30. [part translated in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4)11: 241–262, 421–430] [203].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, PMJ 2 specimens (not found), Sydney, NSW [33°53'S 151°12'E].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

History of changes

• Grantia Fleming, J. 1828. A History of British animals, exhibiting the descriptive characters and systematical arrangement of the genera and species of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, mollusca, and radiata of the United Kingdom; including the indigenous, extirpated, and extinct kinds, together with periodical and occasional visitants. Edinburgh (London) : Bell & Bradfute (and James Duncan) xxiii, 565 pp. [162].

  Type species:

   Spongia compressa Fabricius, 1780 by subsequent designation, see 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 [1093].
• Vosmaeria Lendenfeld, R. von 1885. A monograph of the Australian sponges. Part 3. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 9: 1083-1150 pls 59-67 [1111].

  Type species:

   Vosmaeria gracilis Lendenfeld, 1885 by subsequent designation, see Dendy, A. & Row, R.W.H. 1913. The classification and phylogeny of the calcareous sponges, with a reference list of all the described species, systematically arranged. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1913: 704-813 [796].
• Dermatreton Jenkin, C.F. 1908. Porifera. III. Calcarea. pp. 1-52 pls 27-38 in, National Antarctic Expedition 1901-1904. Natural History. London : British Museum. [22].

  Type species:

   Dermatreton chartaceum Jenkin, 1908 by subsequent designation, see Dendy, A. & Row, R.W.H. 1913. The classification and phylogeny of the calcareous sponges, with a reference list of all the described species, systematically arranged. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1913: 704-813 [789].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Dendy, A. & Row, R.W.H. 1913. The classification and phylogeny of the calcareous sponges, with a reference list of all the described species, systematically arranged. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1913: 704-813 [795-796]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan.

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Distribution References

Diagnosis

Grantiidae with syconoid organisation. The cortex is composed of tangential triactines and/or tetractines, occasionally with small perpendicular diactines. Longitudinal diactines, if present, are not found exclusively in the cortex, but cross obliquely, at least a part of the choanosome and protrude from the external surface.

ID Keys

See Order Leucosolenida Diagnosis

Diagnosis References

Borojevic, R., Boury-Esnault, N., Manuel, M. & Vacelet, J. 2002. Order Leucosolenida Hartman, 1958. pp. 1157-1184 in Hooper, J.N.A. & Soest, R.W.M. Van (eds). Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers Vol. 2. [1163]

History of changes

• Dermatreton chartaceum Jenkin, C.F. 1908. Porifera. III. Calcarea. pp. 1-52 pls 27-38 in, National Antarctic Expedition 1901-1904. Natural History. London : British Museum. [22].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1907.8.6.68, off Ross Is., New Zealand Antarctic Terr. [77°49´S 167°7´4˜E].

  Type locality references:

  Burton, M. 1963. A Revision of the Classification of the Calcareous Sponges. London : British Museum pp. 1-693 figs 1-375. [615].

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Aust. Antarctic Terr.; Wilhelm II Coast, also New Zealand Antarctic Terr.

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Shallow waters.

History of changes

• Hypograntia extusarticulata Carter, H.J. 1886. Description of sponges from the neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads, South Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 18: 34-55 [43].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1887.7.12.57 wet, 2 fragments, Port Phillip Heads or Westernport Bay, VIC [38°07'S 144°48'E].

  Secondary source:

   Burton, M. 1963. A Revision of the Classification of the Calcareous Sponges. London : British Museum pp. 1-693 figs 1-375. [618].

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IMCRA

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

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

History of changes

• Grantia compressa fistulata Carter, H.J. 1886. Description of sponges from the neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads, South Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 18: 34-55 [37].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1887.7.12.51 dry fragment (in two parts or lectotype + 1 paralectotype), Port Phillip Heads or Westernport Bay, VIC [38°07'S 144°48'E].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

IMCRA

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

• Grantia genuina Row, R.W.H. & Hôzawa, S. 1931. Report on the Calcarea obtained by the Hamburg South-West Australian Expedition of 1905. Science Reports of the Tôhoku University 4 6: 727-809 17 figs pls 19-21 [781].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMH, Shark Bay, WA [25°30'S 113°30'E].

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

History of changes

• Vosmaeria gracilis Lendenfeld, R. von 1885. A monograph of the Australian sponges. Part 3. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 9: 1083-1150 pls 59-67 [1111].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1886.6.7.35, Port Jackson, NSW [33°51'S 151°15'E].

  Secondary source:

   Burton, M. 1963. A Revision of the Classification of the Calcareous Sponges. London : British Museum pp. 1-693 figs 1-375. [88, 618].

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

History of changes

• Dermatreton hodgsoni Jenkin, C.F. 1908. Porifera. III. Calcarea. pp. 1-52 pls 27-38 in, National Antarctic Expedition 1901-1904. Natural History. London : British Museum. [23].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1907.8.6.74, off Ross Is., New Zealand Antarctic Terr. [77°49´S 167°07´04˜E].

  Secondary source:

   Burton, M. 1963. A Revision of the Classification of the Calcareous Sponges. London : British Museum pp. 1-693 figs 1-375. [618].

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Aust. Antarctic Terr.; Wilhelm II Coast, also New Zealand Antarctic Terr.

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Shallow waters.

History of changes

• Sycortis laevigata Haeckel, E. 1872. Die Kalkschwämme. Eine Monographie in zwei Bänden Text und einem Atlas mit 60 Tafeln Abbildungen. Berlin : Georg Reimer Vol. 1 pp. 1-396; Vol. 2 pp. 1-418; Vol. 3, pls 1-30. [part translated in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4)11: 241–262, 421–430] [285].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) PMJ Porif.131 wet (NMV photo 56/24–25), Gulf St Vincent, SA [35°00'S 138°05'E].

Generic Combinations

• Grantia laevigata (Haeckel, 1872).

Distribution

States

South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

History of changes

• Grantia ramulosa 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. [281].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1923.10.1.8, 36 m, Mouth of Bay of Ils, New Zealand [35°12'57"S 174°04'58"E].

  Secondary source:

   Burton, M. 1963. A Revision of the Classification of the Calcareous Sponges. London : British Museum pp. 1-693 figs 1-375. [619].

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Aust. Antarctic Terr.; Wilhelm II Coast, Mawson Coast, also New Zealand Antarctic Terr. and New Zealand.

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Shallow waters.

History of changes

• Tenthrenodes scotti Jenkin, C.F. 1908. Porifera. III. Calcarea. pp. 1-52 pls 27-38 in, National Antarctic Expedition 1901-1904. Natural History. London : British Museum. [10].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1907.8.6.27, off Ross Is., New Zealand Antarctic Terr. [77°49´S 167°7´4˜E].
  Paratype(s) BMNH 1907.8.6.33.

  Secondary source:

   Burton, M. 1963. A Revision of the Classification of the Calcareous Sponges. London : British Museum pp. 1-693 figs 1-375. [619].

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Aust. Antarctic Terr.; Wilhelm II Coast, Mawson Coast, also New Zealand Antarctic Terr.

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Shallow waters.

History of changes

• Grantia transgrediens Brøndsted, H.V. 1931. Die Kalkschwämme der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition 1901–1903. pp. 1–47 in Drygalski, E. von (ed.) Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901–1903 20 (Zool. 12). [28].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB 86333 2 slides, 350–385 m, off Wilhelm II Coast, Aust. Antarctic Terr. [66°2´S 89°38´E].

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Aust. Antarctic Terr.

Known only from type locality.

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 350–385 m.

History of changes

• Grantia vitiosa Brøndsted, H.V. 1931. Die Kalkschwämme der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition 1901–1903. pp. 1–47 in Drygalski, E. von (ed.) Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901–1903 20 (Zool. 12). [29].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, ZMB 8730 2 slides, 350–385 m, off Wilhelm II Coast, Aust. Antarctic Terr. [66°2'9''S 89°38'E].

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Aust. Antarctic Terr.

Known only from type locality.

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

350–385 m.

History of changes

• Leucandra Haeckel, E. 1872. Die Kalkschwämme. Eine Monographie in zwei Bänden Text und einem Atlas mit 60 Tafeln Abbildungen. Berlin : Georg Reimer Vol. 1 pp. 1-396; Vol. 2 pp. 1-418; Vol. 3, pls 1-30. [part translated in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4)11: 241–262, 421–430] [170].

  Type species:

   Sycinula egedi Schmidt, 1870 by subsequent designation, see Dendy, A. & Row, R.W.H. 1913. The classification and phylogeny of the calcareous sponges, with a reference list of all the described species, systematically arranged. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1913: 704-813 [770].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Borojevic, R. 1968. Systématique et évolution des éponges Calcaires. Dieuxième Thèse. Université de Paris. 33 pp.

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan.

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Distribution References

Diagnosis

Grantiidae with sylleibid or leuconoid organisation. Longitudinal large diactines, if present, are not restricted to the cortex, but lie obliquely across the external part of the sponge wall and protrude from the surface of the sponge.

ID Keys

See Order Leucosolenida Diagnosis

Diagnosis References

Borojevic, R., Boury-Esnault, N., Manuel, M. & Vacelet, J. 2002. Order Leucosolenida Hartman, 1958. pp. 1157-1184 in Hooper, J.N.A. & Soest, R.W.M. Van (eds). Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers Vol. 2. [1166]

History of changes

• Leucaltis bathybia Haeckel, E. 1872. Die Kalkschwämme. Eine Monographie in zwei Bänden Text und einem Atlas mit 60 Tafeln Abbildungen. Berlin : Georg Reimer Vol. 1 pp. 1-396; Vol. 2 pp. 1-418; Vol. 3, pls 1-30. [part translated in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4)11: 241–262, 421–430] [156] [with var. perimina and arabica].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) ZMB 226 (var. perimina), Perim Is., Red Sea; Jiddah, Red Sea [21°32'34"N 39°10'22"E]; ZMB 2549 (var. perimina).

  Secondary source:

   Breitfuss, L.L. 1898. Catalog der Calcarea der Zoologischen Sammlung des Königlichen Museums für Naturkunde zu Berlin. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 63: 205-226 2 figs [222] (for var. perimina).

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 4–626 m.

History of changes

• Leucandra brumalis Jenkin, C.F. 1908. Porifera. III. Calcarea. pp. 1-52 pls 27-38 in, National Antarctic Expedition 1901-1904. Natural History. London : British Museum. [16].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1907.8.6.34, off Ross Is., New Zealand Antarctic Terr. [77°49´S 167°07´04˜E].
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1907.8.6.36 3 specimens; BMNH 1907.8.6.37; BMNH 1907.8.6.38.

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Aust. Antarctic Terr.; Wilhelm II Coast and also New Zealand Antarctic Terr.

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth subtidal–110 m.

History of changes

• Leucandra cirrata Jenkin, C.F. 1908. Porifera. III. Calcarea. pp. 1-52 pls 27-38 in, National Antarctic Expedition 1901-1904. Natural History. London : British Museum. [18].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1907.8.6.39, off Ross Is., New Zealand Antarctic Terr. [77°49´S 167°7´4˜E].
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1907.8.6.43.

  Secondary source:

   Burton, M. 1963. A Revision of the Classification of the Calcareous Sponges. London : British Museum pp. 1-693 figs 1-375. [624].
• Grantia cirrata aurorae Dendy, A. 1918. Calcareous sponges. Scientific Reports of the Australasian Antarctic Research Expedition 1911-1914 C 6: 17 pp. 1 pl. [11].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1956.4.26.85–92, 600 m, off George V Coast, Aust. Antarctic Terr. [66°55´S 145°21´E]; BMNH 1956.4.26.97, 600 m, off George V Coast, Aust. Antarctic Terr. [66°55´S 145°21´E].

  Secondary source:

   Burton, M. 1963. A Revision of the Classification of the Calcareous Sponges. London : British Museum pp. 1-693 figs 1-375. [615].
• Grantia cirrata tenuipilosa Burton, M. 1932. Sponges. Discovery Reports 6: 237-392 56 figs pls 48-57 [262].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1928.2.15.708, 0–179 m, Falkland Ils, Subantarctic [51°41'38"S 58°36'43"W].
  Paratype(s) BMNH 1928.2.15.50; BMNH 1928.2.15.51; BMNH 1928.2.15.709; BMNH 1928.2.15.710.

  Secondary source:

   Burton, M. 1963. A Revision of the Classification of the Calcareous Sponges. London : British Museum pp. 1-693 figs 1-375. [615].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Burton, M. 1963. A Revision of the Classification of the Calcareous Sponges. London : British Museum pp. 1-693 figs 1-375. [453]

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Aust. Antarctic Terr.; off Wilhelm II Coast, and also New Zealand Antarctic Terr.

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

History of changes

• Leucandra comata Brøndsted, H.V. 1931. Die Kalkschwämme der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition 1901–1903. pp. 1–47 in Drygalski, E. von (ed.) Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901–1903 20 (Zool. 12). [43].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) ZMB 8700–8706 wet, 9 slides, 680–720 m, off Wilhelm II Coast, Aust. Antarctic Terr. [66°2´9˜S 89°38´E]; ZMB 8747 wet, slide, 680–720 m, off Wilhelm II Coast, Aust. Antarctic Terr. [66°2´9˜S 89°38´E].

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Aust. Antarctic Terr.

Known only from type locality.

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 350–385 m.

History of changes

• Leucandra conica Lendenfeld, R. von 1885. A monograph of the Australian sponges. Part 3. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 9: 1083-1150 pls 59-67 [1126] [original number of specimens not given; 8 parts, here interpreted as lectotype and 7 paralectotypes rather than 8 fragments of holotype].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1886.6.7.70–77 wet, Port Jackson, NSW [33°51'S 151°15'E].
  Paralectotype(s) AM G3594 fragment of type, slide (ex BMNH); AM 9096 fragment (NMV photos 12/28,29); ZMB 1110 2 fragments.

  Secondary source:

   Breitfuss, L.L. 1898. Catalog der Calcarea der Zoologischen Sammlung des Königlichen Museums für Naturkunde zu Berlin. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 63: 205-226 2 figs [224] (for ZMB).

Distribution

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

History of changes

• Leucortis elegans Lendenfeld, R. von 1888. Descriptive Catalogue of the Sponges in the Australian Museum, Sydney. London : Taylor & Francis 260 pp. 12 pls. [8].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1886.6.7.45 wet (=AM G3597 2 fragments of type, slide), East Coast.
  Paralectotype(s) AM G9100 wet (NMV photos 15/23,24); ZMB 1108 wet.

  Secondary source:

   Breitfuss, L.L. 1898. Catalog der Calcarea der Zoologischen Sammlung des Königlichen Museums für Naturkunde zu Berlin. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 63: 205-226 2 figs [208, 224].
• Leuconia lendenfeldi Breitfuss, L.L. 1898. Catalog der Calcarea der Zoologischen Sammlung des Königlichen Museums für Naturkunde zu Berlin. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 63: 205-226 2 figs [208] [based on ZMB paralectotype of Leucortis elegans Lendenfeld, 1888, which is erroneously treated as ms name].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB 1108 wet, East Coast.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Dendy, A. & Row, R.W.H. 1913. The classification and phylogeny of the calcareous sponges, with a reference list of all the described species, systematically arranged. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1913: 704-813 [771]

Generic Combinations

• Leucandra elegans (Lendenfeld, 1888).

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

History of changes

• Leucandra erinaceus Lendenfeld, R. von 1888. Descriptive Catalogue of the Sponges in the Australian Museum, Sydney. London : Taylor & Francis 260 pp. 12 pls. [14].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1886.6.7.46 wet, Port Jackson, NSW [33°51'S 151°15'E].
  Paralectotype(s) AM G9092 wet (NMV photos 16/13–15).

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

History of changes

• Leucetta expansa Row, R.W.H. & Hôzawa, S. 1931. Report on the Calcarea obtained by the Hamburg South-West Australian Expedition of 1905. Science Reports of the Tôhoku University 4 6: 727-809 17 figs pls 19-21 [749].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMH, Shark Bay, WA [25°30'S 113°30'E].

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IMCRA

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

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

History of changes

• Leucandra frigida Jenkin, C.F. 1908. Porifera. III. Calcarea. pp. 1-52 pls 27-38 in, National Antarctic Expedition 1901-1904. Natural History. London : British Museum. [15].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1907.8.6.44, off Ross Is., New Zealand Antarctic Terr. [77°49´S 167°7´4˜E].
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1907.8.6.46; BMNH 1907.8.6.48; BMNH 1907.8.6.50; BMNH 1907.8.6.51; BMNH 1907.8.6.52.

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Aust. Antarctic Terr.; Wilhelm II Coast and also New Zealand Antarctic Terr.

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth subtidal–110 m.

History of changes

• Leucandra gausapata Brøndsted, H.V. 1931. Die Kalkschwämme der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition 1901–1903. pp. 1–47 in Drygalski, E. von (ed.) Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901–1903 20 (Zool. 12). [42].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB 8699 wet, 3 slides, 350–385 m, off Wilhelm II Coast, Aust. Antarctic Terr. [66°2´9˜S 89°38´E].

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Aust. Antarctic Terr.

Known only from type locality.

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 350–385 m.

History of changes

• Leucetta gaussi Brøndsted, H.V. 1931. Die Kalkschwämme der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition 1901–1903. pp. 1–47 in Drygalski, E. von (ed.) Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901–1903 20 (Zool. 12). [21].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) ZMB 6590 wet, Observatory Bay, Duck's Bay, Kerguelen, Subantarctic [no coords availableable]; ZMB 8611–8619 14 slides, Observatory Bay, Duck's Bay, Kerguelen, Subantarctic [no coords availableable]; ZMB 8737 slide, Observatory Bay, Duck's Bay, Kerguelen, Subantarctic [no coords availableable].

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Macquarie Is.; also Kerguelen Is.

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

History of changes

• Leucandra gelatinosa Jenkin, C.F. 1908. Porifera. III. Calcarea. pp. 1-52 pls 27-38 in, National Antarctic Expedition 1901-1904. Natural History. London : British Museum. [17].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1907.8.6.53, off Ross Is., New Zealand Antarctic Terr. [77°49´S 167°7´4˜E].
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1907.8.6.61.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Burton, M. 1963. A Revision of the Classification of the Calcareous Sponges. London : British Museum pp. 1-693 figs 1-375. [626].

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Aust. Antarctic Terr.; Wilhelm II Coast and also New Zealand Antarctic Terr.

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth subtidal–110 m.

History of changes

• Leucandra gladiator Dendy, A. 1893. Synopsis of the Australian Calcarea Heterocoela, with a proposed classification of the group and descriptions of some new genera and species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 5: 69-116 [101].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV G2362 wet, outside Port Phillip Heads, VIC [38°07'S 144°48'E].
  Paratype(s) BMNH 1893.6.9.21 wet; MONZ wet; BMNH 1893.6.9.21a slide.

  Secondary source:

   Fell, H.B. 1950. The Kirk Collection of sponges (Porifera) in the Zoology Museum, Victoria University College. Zoological Publications of Victoria University College 4: 1-12 1 pl. [8]; Burton, M. 1963. A Revision of the Classification of the Calcareous Sponges. London : British Museum pp. 1-693 figs 1-375. [627]; Ayling, A.L., Stone, S. & Smith, B.J. 1982. Catalogue of types of sponge species from Southern Australia described by Arthur Dendy. Reports of the National Museum of Victoria 1: 97-109 [103].

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IMCRA

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

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

History of changes

• Leucaltis helena Lendenfeld, R. von 1885. A monograph of the Australian sponges. Part 3. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 9: 1083-1150 pls 59-67 [1119].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1886.6.7.42 wet, Port Jackson, NSW [33°51'S 151°15'E].

  Secondary source:

   Burton, M. 1963. A Revision of the Classification of the Calcareous Sponges. London : British Museum pp. 1-693 figs 1-375. [627].

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

History of changes

• Leucandra hiberna Jenkin, C.F. 1908. Porifera. III. Calcarea. pp. 1-52 pls 27-38 in, National Antarctic Expedition 1901-1904. Natural History. London : British Museum. [19].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1907.8.6.62, off Ross Is., New Zealand Antarctic Terr. [77°49´S 167°7´4˜E].
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1907.8.6.31 slide.

  Secondary source:

   Burton, M. 1963. A Revision of the Classification of the Calcareous Sponges. London : British Museum pp. 1-693 figs 1-375. [627].

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Aust. Antarctic Terr.; off Wilhelm II Coast, and also New Zealand Antarctic Terr.

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

History of changes

• Leucandra hirsuta Topsent, E. 1907. Eponges calcaires recueillies par le Français dans l'Antarctique (Expédition du Dr. Charcot). Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris [published 1895-1906] 13: 539-544 [541].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, MNHN Paris (coord for Palmer Archipelago), Booth-Wandel Is., Palmer Archipelago, Antarctic Peninsula [64°11'31"S 64°50'59"W].

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Aust. Antarctic Terr.; Wilhelm II Coast and Palmer Archipelago.

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth subtidal–150 m.

History of changes

• Leucandra joubini Topsent, E. 1907. Eponges calcaires recueillies par le Français dans l'Antarctique (Expédition du Dr. Charcot). Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris [published 1895-1906] 13: 539-544 [542].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHN Paris, Booth-Wandel Is., Palmer Archipelago, Antarctic Peninsula [64°11'31"S 64°50'59"W].
• Leucetta macquariensis Dendy, A. 1918. Calcareous sponges. Scientific Reports of the Australasian Antarctic Research Expedition 1911-1914 C 6: 17 pp. 1 pl. [9].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1920.12.9.89–92 slides, Macquarie Is. [54°37'S 158°54'E]; BMNH 1935.10.20.152 slide, Macquarie Is. [54°37'S 158°54'E]; BMNH 1935.10.20.155 slide, Macquarie Is. [54°37'S 158°54'E]; BMNH 1935.10.20.163 slide, Macquarie Is. [54°37'S 158°54'E]; BMNH 1956.4.26.54–64 slides, Macquarie Is. [54°37'S 158°54'E]; BMNH 1957.7.17.7 slide (possible), Macquarie Is. [54°37'S 158°54'E].

  Secondary source:

   Burton, M. 1963. A Revision of the Classification of the Calcareous Sponges. London : British Museum pp. 1-693 figs 1-375. [595].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Burton, M. 1963. A Revision of the Classification of the Calcareous Sponges. London : British Museum pp. 1-693 figs 1-375. [480]

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Macquarie Is., Aust. Antarctic Terr.; circum-Antarctic and Southern Ocean.

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 0–236 m.

History of changes

• Leucilla lanceolata Row, R.W.H. & Hôzawa, S. 1931. Report on the Calcarea obtained by the Hamburg South-West Australian Expedition of 1905. Science Reports of the Tôhoku University 4 6: 727-809 17 figs pls 19-21 [795].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMH, Albany district, WA [35°02'S 117°53'E].

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

History of changes

• Leuconia loricata Poléjaeff, N. 1884. Report on the Calcarea dredged 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 8: 1-76 pls 1-9 [63].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1884.4.22.47 wet, Port Jackson, NSW [33°51'S 151°15'E].

  Secondary source:

   Burton, M. 1963. A Revision of the Classification of the Calcareous Sponges. London : British Museum pp. 1-693 figs 1-375. [629].

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 55–64 m.

History of changes

• Leucandra mawsoni Dendy, A. 1918. Calcareous sponges. Scientific Reports of the Australasian Antarctic Research Expedition 1911-1914 C 6: 17 pp. 1 pl. [13].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1920.12.9.95 slide, 115 m, off Wilhelm II Coast, Aust. Antarctic Terr. [65°42´S 92°10´E].

  Secondary source:

   Burton, M. 1963. A Revision of the Classification of the Calcareous Sponges. London : British Museum pp. 1-693 figs 1-375. [629].

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Aust. Antarctic Terr.; Wilhelm II Coast and also New Zealand Antarctic Terr.

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth subtidal–110 m.

History of changes

• Leucandra meandrina Lendenfeld, R. von 1885. A monograph of the Australian sponges. Part 3. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 9: 1083-1150 pls 59-67 [1128].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1886.6.7.47 wet (=AM G3596 slide), Port Jackson, NSW [33°51'S 151°15'E].
  Paralectotype(s) AM G9084 (NMV photos 20/12–14); ZMB 1111 wet.

  Secondary source:

   Breitfuss, L.L. 1898. Catalog der Calcarea der Zoologischen Sammlung des Königlichen Museums für Naturkunde zu Berlin. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 63: 205-226 2 figs [225].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 18–37 m.

History of changes

• Leucandra minima Row, R.W.H. & Hôzawa, S. 1931. Report on the Calcarea obtained by the Hamburg South-West Australian Expedition of 1905. Science Reports of the Tôhoku University 4 6: 727-809 17 figs pls 19-21 [785].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMH, Shark Bay district, WA [25°30'S 113°30'E].

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IMCRA

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

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

History of changes

• Leucandra nicolae Woerheide, G. & Hooper, J.N.A. 2003. New species of Calcaronea (Porifera: Calcarea) from cryptic habitats of the southern Great Barrier Reef (Heron Island and Wistari Reef, Capricorn-Bunker Group, Australia). Journal of Natural History 37: 1-47 [20].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM G313672 preserved, Northern side of Wistari Reef, Great Barrier Reef [23°27.2'S 151°53.2'E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Aquatic, benthic, filter-feeder.

History of changes

• Leucandra pallida Row, R.W.H. & Hôzawa, S. 1931. Report on the Calcarea obtained by the Hamburg South-West Australian Expedition of 1905. Science Reports of the Tôhoku University 4 6: 727-809 17 figs pls 19-21 [788].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMH, Shark Bay district, WA [25°30'S 113°30'E].

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IMCRA

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

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

History of changes

• Leucetta pandora Haeckel, E. 1872. Die Kalkschwämme. Eine Monographie in zwei Bänden Text und einem Atlas mit 60 Tafeln Abbildungen. Berlin : Georg Reimer Vol. 1 pp. 1-396; Vol. 2 pp. 1-418; Vol. 3, pls 1-30. [part translated in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4)11: 241–262, 421–430] [127] [included the varieties omnibus (pl. 23), intermedia, anomala (pl. 22 fig. 32), and loculifera (pl. 22 figs 3b,c)].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, PMJ ? (21 specimens, not found (coords for Bass Strait)), Gulf St Vincent, SA; Bass Strait, TAS [39°20'S 145°30'E].

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

General References

Dendy, A. & Row, R.W.H. 1913. The classification and phylogeny of the calcareous sponges, with a reference list of all the described species, systematically arranged. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1913: 704-813

History of changes

• Leucandra phillipensis Dendy, A. 1893. Synopsis of the Australian Calcarea Heterocoela, with a proposed classification of the group and descriptions of some new genera and species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 5: 69-116 [100].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV G2395 wet, Port Phillip Heads, VIC [38°07'S 144°48'E].

  Secondary source:

   Ayling, A.L., Stone, S. & Smith, B.J. 1982. Catalogue of types of sponge species from Southern Australia described by Arthur Dendy. Reports of the National Museum of Victoria 1: 97-109 [104].

Distribution

States

Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Port Phillip Heads and Shark Bay.

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

History of changes

• Leucilla princeps Row, R.W.H. & Hôzawa, S. 1931. Report on the Calcarea obtained by the Hamburg South-West Australian Expedition of 1905. Science Reports of the Tôhoku University 4 6: 727-809 17 figs pls 19-21 [799].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMH, Fremantle district, WA [32°03'S 115°46'E].
  Paratype(s) ZMH; BMNH 1925.11.1.90 wet; BMNH 1925.11.1.1483 wet; BMNH 1925.11.1.1504 wet.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IMCRA

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

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

History of changes

• Leucortis pulvinar Haeckel, E. 1872. Die Kalkschwämme. Eine Monographie in zwei Bänden Text und einem Atlas mit 60 Tafeln Abbildungen. Berlin : Georg Reimer Vol. 1 pp. 1-396; Vol. 2 pp. 1-418; Vol. 3, pls 1-30. [part translated in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4)11: 241–262, 421–430] [162] [divided in var. indica and semitica without nominate subspecies].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) formerly in PMJ (not found), Sri Lanka, Indian Ocean; Red Sea [8°23'31"N 80°11'24"E].

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Also Red Sea and Indian Ocean.

IMCRA

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

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

History of changes

• Leucandra sphaeracella Woerheide, G. & Hooper, J.N.A. 2003. New species of Calcaronea (Porifera: Calcarea) from cryptic habitats of the southern Great Barrier Reef (Heron Island and Wistari Reef, Capricorn-Bunker Group, Australia). Journal of Natural History 37: 1-47 [16].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM G313656 preserved, 'Tenements', north side of Heron Island [23°26.05'S 151°57.1'E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Aquatic, benthic, filter-feeder.

History of changes

• Leucandra thulakomorpha Row, R.W.H. & Hôzawa, S. 1931. Report on the Calcarea obtained by the Hamburg South-West Australian Expedition of 1905. Science Reports of the Tôhoku University 4 6: 727-809 17 figs pls 19-21 [791].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, ZMH, Albany district, WA [35°02'S 117°53'E].

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

History of changes

• Leucandra vaginata Lendenfeld, R. von 1885. A monograph of the Australian sponges. Part 3. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 9: 1083-1150 pls 59-67 [1133].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1886.6.7.66 wet (2 fragments of lectotype: AM G9085 wet (NMV photos 28/22,23), and AM G3593 (slide)), Port Jackson, NSW [33°51'S 151°15'E].
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1886.6.77.67.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

History of changes

• Leucandra villosa Lendenfeld, R. von 1885. A monograph of the Australian sponges. Part 3. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 9: 1083-1150 pls 59-67 [1131].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1886.6.7.50 wet, Port Jackson, NSW [33°51'S 151°15'E].
  Paralectotype(s) AM G9090 wet (NMV photos 27/18–20)); ZMB 1112 wet.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Burton, M. 1963. A Revision of the Classification of the Calcareous Sponges. London : British Museum pp. 1-693 figs 1-375. [633].

  Secondary source:

   Breitfuss, L.L. 1898. Catalog der Calcarea der Zoologischen Sammlung des Königlichen Museums für Naturkunde zu Berlin. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 63: 205-226 2 figs [226].

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

History of changes

• Synute Dendy, A. 1892. Preliminary account of Synute pulchella, a new genus and species of calcareous sponges. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 4: 1-6 [1].

  Type species:

   Synute pulchella Dendy, 1892 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

Victoria, Western Australia

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)

Diagnosis

Grantiidae with a cormus composed entirely of fused syconoid units and surrounded by a common cortex with a special skeleton containing giant longitudinal diactines (Dendy 1892b).

ID Keys

See Order Leucosolenida Diagnosis

Diagnosis References

Borojevic, R., Boury-Esnault, N., Manuel, M. & Vacelet, J. 2002. Order Leucosolenida Hartman, 1958. pp. 1157-1184 in Hooper, J.N.A. & Soest, R.W.M. Van (eds). Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers Vol. 2. [1165]

History of changes

• Synute pulchella Dendy, A. 1892. Preliminary account of Synute pulchella, a new genus and species of calcareous sponges. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 4: 1-6 [2].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV G2404 wet, Port Phillip Heads, VIC [38°07'S 144°48'E].
  Paratype(s) NMV G2406 slide; BMNH 1925.11.1680 slide; MONZ fragment of type.

Distribution

States

Victoria, Western Australia

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

General References

Ayling, A.L., Stone, S. & Smith, B.J. 1982. Catalogue of types of sponge species from Southern Australia described by Arthur Dendy. Reports of the National Museum of Victoria 1: 97-109 [105]

Fell, H.B. 1950. The Kirk Collection of sponges (Porifera) in the Zoology Museum, Victoria University College. Zoological Publications of Victoria University College 4: 1-12 1 pl. [7]

History of changes

• Teichonopsis Dendy, A. & Row, R.W.H. 1913. The classification and phylogeny of the calcareous sponges, with a reference list of all the described species, systematically arranged. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1913: 704-813 [761].

  Type species:

   Teichonella labyrinthica Carter, 1878 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IMCRA

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), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)

Diagnosis

Pedunculate calyciform Grantiidae with syconoid organisation and an expanded atrium. The thin wall is highly folded and the convoluted edge corresponds to the oscular margin.

ID Keys

See Order Leucosolenida Diagnosis

Diagnosis References

Borojevic, R., Boury-Esnault, N., Manuel, M. & Vacelet, J. 2002. Order Leucosolenida Hartman, 1958. pp. 1157-1184 in Hooper, J.N.A. & Soest, R.W.M. Van (eds). Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers Vol. 2. [1165]

History of changes

• Teichonella labyrinthica Carter, H.J. 1886. Description of sponges from the neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads, South Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 18: 34-55 [37].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1955.11.2.104, Fremantle, WA [32°03'S 115°46'E].

  Secondary source:

   Burton, M. 1963. A Revision of the Classification of the Calcareous Sponges. London : British Museum pp. 1-693 figs 1-375. [619].

Distribution

States

South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IMCRA

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)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

General References

Dendy, A. & Row, R.W.H. 1913. The classification and phylogeny of the calcareous sponges, with a reference list of all the described species, systematically arranged. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1913: 704-813 [761]

Sorokin, S.J., Laperousaz, T.C.D. & Collings, G.J. 2008. Investigator Group Expedition 2006: Sponges (Porifera). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 132(2): 163-172 [167]

History of changes

• Ute Dendy, A. & Row, R.W.H. 1913. The classification and phylogeny of the calcareous sponges, with a reference list of all the described species, systematically arranged. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1913: 704-813 [not Ute Schmidt, 1862 (invalid type species designation)].

  Type species:

   Ute glabra Schmidt, 1864 by monotypy.
• Sycophractus Haeckel, E. 1872. Die Kalkschwämme. Eine Monographie in zwei Bänden Text und einem Atlas mit 60 Tafeln Abbildungen. Berlin : Georg Reimer Vol. 1 pp. 1-396; Vol. 2 pp. 1-418; Vol. 3, pls 1-30. [part translated in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4)11: 241–262, 421–430] [295] [proposed as subgenus of Sycandra Haeckel, 1872].

  Type species:

   Ute glabra Schmidt, 1864 by monotypy.
• Sycurandra Haeckel, E. 1872. Die Kalkschwämme. Eine Monographie in zwei Bänden Text und einem Atlas mit 60 Tafeln Abbildungen. Berlin : Georg Reimer Vol. 1 pp. 1-396; Vol. 2 pp. 1-418; Vol. 3, pls 1-30. [part translated in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4)11: 241–262, 421–430] [389] [proposed as a subgenus of Sycurus Haeckel, 1872 and Sycandra Haeckel, 1872; junior objective synonym of Sycophractus Haeckel, 1872].

  Type species:

   Ute glabra Schmidt, 1864 by subsequent designation, see Laubenfels, M.W. de 1936. A discussion of the sponge fauna of the Dry Tortugas in particular, and the West Indies in general, with material for a revision of the families and orders of the Porifera. (Tortugas Lab. Paper No. 467). Publication of the Carnegie Institution of Washington Washington 30: 1-225 22 pls 1 map [194].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Dendy, A. & Row, R.W.H. 1913. The classification and phylogeny of the calcareous sponges, with a reference list of all the described species, systematically arranged. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1913: 704-813

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Indian Ocean, Japan, NE Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea.

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Distribution References

Diagnosis

Grantiidae with syconoid organisation. The cortex is supported by giant longitudinal diactines, and the choanoskeleton is articulated, composed of several rows of triactines with occasional tetractines. There are no radial fascicles of diactines.

ID Keys

See Order Leucosolenida Diagnosis

Diagnosis References

Borojevic, R., Boury-Esnault, N., Manuel, M. & Vacelet, J. 2002. Order Leucosolenida Hartman, 1958. pp. 1157-1184 in Hooper, J.N.A. & Soest, R.W.M. Van (eds). Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers Vol. 2. [1165]

History of changes

• Ute ampullacea Woerheide, G. & Hooper, J.N.A. 2003. New species of Calcaronea (Porifera: Calcarea) from cryptic habitats of the southern Great Barrier Reef (Heron Island and Wistari Reef, Capricorn-Bunker Group, Australia). Journal of Natural History 37: 1-47 [25].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM G313669 preserved, Northern side of Wistari Reef, Great Barrier Reef [23°27.2'S 151°53.2'E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, filter-feeder.

History of changes

• Ute spenceri Dendy, A. 1893. Synopsis of the Australian Calcarea Heterocoela, with a proposed classification of the group and descriptions of some new genera and species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 5: 69-116 [94].

  Type data:

   Lectotype NMV G2423 wet, Watson's Bay, Port Jackson, NSW [33°51'S 151°17'E].
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1925.11.1.1678 slide of above; NMV G2425 wet; BMNH 1925.11.1.1679 slide of above.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

General References

Ayling, A.L., Stone, S. & Smith, B.J. 1982. Catalogue of types of sponge species from Southern Australia described by Arthur Dendy. Reports of the National Museum of Victoria 1: 97-109 [105] (type data)

History of changes

• Ute spiculosa Dendy, A. 1893. Synopsis of the Australian Calcarea Heterocoela, with a proposed classification of the group and descriptions of some new genera and species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 5: 69-116 [92].

  Type data:

   Holotype MONZ 1 fragment of type, Watson's Bay, Port Jackson, NSW [33°51'S 151°17'E].
  Paratype(s) NMV G2426 wet fragment of type; NMV G2427 slide of NMV G2426; BMNH 1893.6.19.16 wet fragment of type; BMNH 1893.6.12.16a slide of above.

  Secondary source:

   Fell, H.B. 1950. The Kirk Collection of sponges (Porifera) in the Zoology Museum, Victoria University College. Zoological Publications of Victoria University College 4: 1-12 1 pl. [7]; Ayling, A.L., Stone, S. & Smith, B.J. 1982. Catalogue of types of sponge species from Southern Australia described by Arthur Dendy. Reports of the National Museum of Victoria 1: 97-109 [105].

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

History of changes

• Aphroceras syconoides Carter, H.J. 1886. Description of sponges from the neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads, South Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 18: 126-149 [135].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1887.7.12.74 dry, 2 fragments (coord for Port Phillip), Port Phillip Heads or Westernport Bay, VIC [38°07'S 144°48'E].

  Secondary source:

   Burton, M. 1963. A Revision of the Classification of the Calcareous Sponges. London : British Museum pp. 1-693 figs 1-375. [620].

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Port Jackson, Port Phillip Heads of Westernport Bay, and also Indian Ocean.

IMCRA

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

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

History of changes