Species Grantessa hirsuta (Carter, 1886)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Hypograntia hirsuta 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 [41].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1887.7.12.1 either 2 specimens or 2 parts of 1 specimen, 4 wet, Port Phillip Bay or Westernport Bay, VIC [38°07'S 144°48'E]; BMNH 1887.7.12.55 dry, Port Phillip Bay 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. [609].

Distribution

States

Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

History of changes