Species Geodia globostellifera Carter, 1880

Museums

Regional Maps

• Geodia globostellifera 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 [134].

  Type data:

   Holotype (formerly in LFM, destroyed in 1941), Gulf of Mannar, India [8°36'39"N 78°35'27"E].

  Secondary source:

   Stone, S.M. 1986. Index to Important Sponge Collections. Autumn 1986. London : British Museum (Natural History) Vol. 47. [25].
• Geodia globostella Lendenfeld, R. von 1910. The sponges. 1. The Geodidae. 2. The Erylidae. In Reports on the scientific results of the Expedition to the Eastern Tropical Pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer Albatross, 1904–1905, and of other expeditions of the Albatross, 1888–1904. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 41(1): 1-260 pls 1-48; (2): 261-324 pls 1-8 [231] [replacement name for Geodia globostellifera: Ridley, 1884].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1882.2.23.678 wet, Darwin, NT [12°28'S 130°50'E]; BMNH 1852.2.23.679 wet, Darwin, NT [12°28'S 130°50'E].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Bergquist, P.R. & Tizard, C.A. 1967. Australian intertidal sponges from the Darwin area. Micronesica 3: 175-202 6 pls [193]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Darwin, Fanny Bay, and also Indian Ocean.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth subtidal–95 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)