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Species Halichondria (Halichondria) claviformis Carter, 1886

  • Halichondria claviformis Carter, H.J. 1886. Supplement to the descriptions of Mr. J. Bracebridge Wilson's Australian sponges. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 18: 369-379 [376] [type series composite, excluded syntype to Phloeodictyidae].
    Type data:
     
    Syntype(s) BMNH 1886.12.15.50 wet fragment of type (NMV photos 38/18,19, =AM G2761 slide), Port Phillip Heads and Westernport Bay, VIC [38°07'S 144°48'E and 38°22'S 145°20'E]; BMNH 1886.12.15.80 wet (NMV photos 37/30,31 - egaz), Port Phillip Heads and Westernport Bay, VIC [38°07'S 144°48'E and 38°22'S 145°20'E]; BMNH 1886.12.15.151 wet fragment of type (probably part of 86.12.15.50, NMV photos 36/22,23 - egaz), Port Phillip Heads and Westernport Bay, VIC [38°07'S 144°48'E and 38°22'S 145°20'E].

 

Distribution

States

Victoria


Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Bass Strait Shelf Province (35)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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)