Species Haliclona (Gellius) digitata (Lendenfeld, 1887)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Chalinorhaphis digitata Lendenfeld, R. von 1887. Die Chalineen des australischen Gebietes. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 2: 723-828 pls 18-26, 28 [822] [probably an Amphimedon].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1886.8.27.484 wet (=AM G3542 slide - egaz), Port Jackson, NSW [33°51'S 151°15'E]; BMNH 1925.12.1.8 dry (NMV photo 43/2 - egaz), Port Jackson, NSW [33°51'S 151°15'E].
• Reniera proxima Dendy, A. 1895. Catalogue of non-calcareous sponges collected by J. Bracebridge Wilson, Esq., M.A., in the neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads. Part 1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 7: 232-260 [237].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) NMV G2402 wet (=BMNH 1902.10.18.4 slide - egaz), 33–35 m, outside Port Phillip Heads, VIC [38°07'S 144°48'E]; NMV G2403 wet (=AM G2651 slide - egaz), 33–35 m, outside Port Phillip Heads, VIC [38°07'S 144°48'E]; BMNH 1932.1.25.18 slide only (egaz), 33–35 m, outside Port Phillip Heads, VIC [38°07'S 144°48'E].

  Secondary source:

   Ayling, A.L., Stone, S. & Smith, B.J. 1982. Catalogue of types of sponge species from Southern Australia described by Arthur Dendy. Reports of the National Museum of Victoria 1: 97-109 [104].
• Reniera longimanus Dendy, A. 1895. Catalogue of non-calcareous sponges collected by J. Bracebridge Wilson, Esq., M.A., in the neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads. Part 1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 7: 232-260 [237].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) NMV G2372 wet (=BMNH 1902.10.18.5 slide - egaz), 35–37 m, outside Port Phillip Heads, VIC [38°07'S 144°48'E]; BMNH 1886.12.15.172 dry (=Chalina polychotoma: Carter, 1885 - egaz), 35–37 m, outside Port Phillip Heads, VIC [38°07'S 144°48'E]; BMNH 1902.10.18.87 slide only (egaz), 35–37 m, outside Port Phillip Heads, VIC [38°07'S 144°48'E].

  Secondary source:

   Ayling, A.L., Stone, S. & Smith, B.J. 1982. Catalogue of types of sponge species from Southern Australia described by Arthur Dendy. Reports of the National Museum of Victoria 1: 97-109 [103].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Burton, M. 1927. A revision of the genera and species contained in Lendenfeld's 'Die Chalineen des australischen Gebietes'. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 20: 289–296, 502–512 [503]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Torres Strait, Friday Is., Port Jackson and Port Phillip Heads.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 33–36 m.

 

General References

Ridley, S.O. 1884. Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of H.M.S. Alert, 1881–1882. Spongiida. (Part 1, Australian sponges). London : British Museum (Natural History) 366-482, pls 39-43. [405, pl. 40 figs BB, pl. 41 fig. O] (misidentified as Spongia macrodactyla Lamarck, 1814, which is a Tedania see Topsent, E. 1933. Eponges de Lamarck conservées au Muséum de Paris. Fin. Arch. Mus. Natl Hist. Nat. Paris 6 10: 1–60 5 figs pls 1–3 (13))

 

History of changes

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