Species Gelliodes pumilus (Lendenfeld, 1887)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Siphonochalina pumila Lendenfeld, R. von 1887. Die Chalineen des australischen Gebietes. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 2: 723-828 pls 18-26, 28 [806] [holotype figured in Burton, M. 1934. Sponges. Science Reports of the Geat Barrier Reef Expedition 4: 513–621 pls 1–2 pl. 1 fig. 5].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1886.8.27.402 wet (=AM G3490 slide - egaz), Torres Strait, QLD [10°25'S 142°10'E].
• Gelliodes spinosella Thiele, J. 1899. Studien über pazifische Spongien. II. Ueber einige Spongien von Celebes. Zoologica (New York) 24: 1-33 pls 1-5 [22].

  Type data:

   Holotype NHMB Tr Präp 37 dry (egaz - Indonesia), off Kema, Minahasa, North Sulawesi (as northern Celebes), Indonesia [3°50'39"S 137°40'49"E].
  Paratype(s) NHMB 4 specimens, ALK Präp 38 wet; NHMB ALK Präp 39 wet; ZMB 2895 wet, 2 slides; ZMB 6654 slide; BMNH 1908.9.24.169 dry fragment of type.

  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 [83] (for NHMB).
• Gelliodes porosa Thiele, J. 1903. Kieselschwämme von Ternate. II. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 25: 933-968 pl. 28 [943].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) SMF 675T wet (2 specimens - egaz), Ternate, Molucca Sea, Indonesia [0°47'06"N 127°22'12"E]; ZMB 3191 fragment of type, 2 slides (egaz), Ternate, Molucca Sea, Indonesia [0°47'06"N 127°22'12"E].
• Gellius ridleyi Hentschel, E. 1912. Kiesel- und Hornschwämme der Aru- und Kai Inseln. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 34: 294-448 pls 13-21 [389] [replacement name for Gellius fibulatus of authors (i.e. Indo-Pacific material); as such unwarranted, see Burton, M. 1934. Sponges. Science Reports of the Geat Barrier Reef Expedition 4: 513–621 pls 1–2; described material re-examined and included by Burton in Adocia pumila].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) SMF 1557 T wet (egaz - Ngaibor and Arafura), 10 m, off Pulu Bambu and beach at Ngaiboor Terangan, Aru Ils, Arafura Sea [6°42'39"S 134°04'29"E, 9°00'S 133°00'E]; SMF 1658 wet (egaz - Ngaibor and Arafura), 10 m, off Pulu Bambu and beach at Ngaiboor Terangan, Aru Ils, Arafura Sea [6°42'39"S 134°04'29"E, 9°00'S 133°00'E]; SMF 1590 wet (egaz - Ngaibor and Arafura), 10 m, off Pulu Bambu and beach at Ngaiboor Terangan, Aru Ils, Arafura Sea [6°42'39"S 134°04'29"E, 9°00'S 133°00'E]; ZMH S 2041 (=BMNH 1929.1.22.3a slide 3/38 - egaz - Ngaibor and Arafura), 10 m, off Pulu Bambu and beach at Ngaiboor Terangan, Aru Ils, Arafura Sea [6°42'39"S 134°04'29"E, 9°00'S 133°00'E]; ZMH S 642 (=BMNH 1929.1.22.6a slide 3/38 - egaz - Ngaibor and Arafura), 10 m, off Pulu Bambu and beach at Ngaiboor Terangan, Aru Ils, Arafura Sea [6°42'39"S 134°04'29"E, 9°00'S 133°00'E]; ZMH S 764 (=BMNH 1929.1.22.7a slide 3/38 - egaz - Ngaibor and Arafura), 10 m, off Pulu Bambu and beach at Ngaiboor Terangan, Aru Ils, Arafura Sea [6°42'39"S 134°04'29"E, 9°00'S 133°00'E].

  Secondary source:

   Burton, M. 1934. Sponges. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 4: 513-621 pls 1-2 [537].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Burton, M. 1934. Sponges. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 4: 513-621 pls 1-2 [537]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Torres Strait, Low Isles, Madrepore Most, Mangrove Park, Heron Is., also Indian Ocean and Indo-Malayan region.

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 10 m.

 

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)