Species Halichondria (Halichondria) phakellioides Dendy & Frederick, 1924
- Halichondria phakellioides Dendy, A. & Frederick, L.M. 1924. On a collection of sponges from the Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology Zool. 35: 477-519 pls 25-26 [498].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1925.11.1.185 (RN VII) wet (egaz), (Sandy Isle), Houtman Abrolhos (as Abrolhos Ils), WA [28°43'S 113°48'E].
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Swan River, Houtman Abrolhos, Herald Reef, Mary Anne Is., Monte Bello Is., Darwin Harbour, Bynoe Harbour, Wessel Is., Parry Shoals, Melville Is. Halichondria phakellioides is widely distributed through the Northwest Australian Shelf and Sahul Shelf provinces. It is found from the intertidal to 20 m depth (Alvarez & Hooper 2011).
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Distribution References
- Alvarez, B. & Hooper, J.N.A. 2011. Taxonomic revision of the order Halichondrida (Porifera: Demospongiae) of northern Australia. Family Halichondriidae. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 27: 55–84 [72]
- Hooper, J.N.A., Cook, S.D., Hobbs, L.J. & Kennedy, J.A. 1997. Australian Halichondriidae (Porifera: Demospongiae): I. Species from the Beagle Gulf. pp. 1-65 in Hanley, H.R., Caswell, G., Megirian, D. & Larson, H.K. (eds). The Marine Flora and Fauna of Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia. Proceedings of the Sixth International Marine Biology Workshop. Darwin : Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory 466 pp. [39]
Ecological Descriptors
Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.
Extra Ecological Information
Intertidal to 30m depth; coral rubble and soft substrates, inter-reef region.
General References
Alvarez, B., Crisp, M.D., Driver, F., Hooper, J.N.A. & van Soest, R.W.M. 2000. Phylogenetic relationships of the family Axinellidae (Porifera: Demospongiae) using morphological and molecular data. Zoologica Scripta 29(2): 169-198 [172] (Listed in this article)
Fromont, J. 1999. Demosponges of the Houtman Abrolhos. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 44: 175-184 [177] (Listed in this article)
Nevalainen, T.J., Quinn, R.J. & Hooper, J.N.A. 2004. Phospholipase A2 in Porifera. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 137(B): 413-420 [415]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 29-Mar-2018 | 15-Dec-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 29-Mar-2018 | 13-Apr-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |