Species Halichondria (Halichondria) tyleri (Bowerbank, 1873)

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• Ciocalypta tyleri Bowerbank, J.S. 1873. Contributions to a general history of the Spongiadae. Part IV. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1873: 3-25 pls 1-4 [21].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1930.7.3.32 dry (figured in Bowerbank, 1873, pl. 4 fig. 9, NMV photo 48/31 - egaz), Port Elizabeth, South Africa [33°55'58"S 25°34'11"E]; BMNH 1871.5.12.1 3 dry specimens (as C. penicillus, Port Elizabeth, NMV photo 48/32 - egaz), Port Elizabeth, South Africa [33°55'58"S 25°34'11"E]; BMNH 1871.5.12.1311 dry, 4 slides, 2/88 (egaz), Port Elizabeth, South Africa [33°55'58"S 25°34'11"E]; BMNH 1954.2.12.176 dry, slide, 2/88 (egaz), Port Elizabeth, South Africa [33°55'58"S 25°34'11"E]; BMNH 1954.2.12.177 dry, slide, 2/88 (egaz), Port Elizabeth, South Africa [33°55'58"S 25°34'11"E]; BMNH 1954.2.12.182 dry, slide, 2/88 (egaz), Port Elizabeth, South Africa [33°55'58"S 25°34'11"E]; BMNH 1954.2.12.183 dry, slide, 2/88 (egaz), Port Elizabeth, South Africa [33°55'58"S 25°34'11"E].

  Type locality references:

  Laubenfels, M.W. de 1950. An ecological discussion of the sponges of Bermuda. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 27: 155-201.
• Ciocalypta tyleri manaarensis Dendy, A. 1889. Report on a second collection of sponges from the Gulf of Manaar. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6 3: 73-99 pls 3-5 [91].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1889.1.21.18 wet, 1 wet and 2 dry fragments (egaz - Mannar Gulf), Tuticorin pearl banks, Gulf of Mannar, India [8°36'39"N 78°35'27"E]; BMNH 1889.1.21.60 dry (egaz - Mannar Gulf), Tuticorin pearl banks, Gulf of Mannar, India [8°36'39"N 78°35'27"E].
• Apatospongia fallax Marshall, W. 1892. Spongiologische Beiträge. Festschrift zur 70. Wiederkehr des Geburtstages von Rudolf Leuckart. Leipzig : C.F. Winter 36 pp. 8 pls. [16].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Australian waters.
• Ciocalypta penicillus gracilis Topsent, E. 1897. Spongiaires de la Baie d'Amboine. (Voyage de MM. M. Bedot et C. Pictet dans l'archipel Malais.). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 4: 421-487 pls 18-21 [445].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) GMNH C12–21 wet (egaz), Ambon, Indonesia [3°50'39"S 137°40'49"E].

  Secondary source:

   Desqueyroux-Faundez, R. 1981. Révision de la collection d'Eponges d'Amboine (Moluques, Indonésie) constituée par Bedot et Pictet et conservée au Muséum d'Histoire naturelle de Genève. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 88: 723-764 [757].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Burton, M. 1959. Sponges. Scientific Reports of the John Murray Expedition 10(5): 151-281 41 figs [264]
• Bergquist, P.R. 1970. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Porifera, Demospongiae, Part 2 (Axinellida and Halichondrida). (Mem. N.Z. Oceanogr. Inst. 51). Bulletin of the New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research 197: 1-85 20 pls 3 figs [35]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

North Direction Is., Turtle Is., also Red Sea, S Africa, Indian Ocean, Indo-Malayan region, New Zealand and central Pacific Ocean.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 8–81 m; base of coral reefs, sandy substrate.

 

General References

Fromont, J. 2003. Porifera (Sponges) in the Dampier Archipelago: Taxonomic affinities and biogeography. Proceedings of the Twelfth International Marine Biological Workshop. The Marine Flora and Fauna of Dampier, Western Australia. 405-417 pp. [408] (Listed in this article)

 

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
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