Species Higginsia strigilata (Lamarck, 1814)
- Spongia strigilata Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de Monet 1814. Sur les polypiers empâtés. Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 20: 294-312, 370-386, 432-458 [450].
Type data:
Holotype MNHN Paris LBIM DT637, unknown, suspected to be Australia.Secondary source:
Topsent, E. 1932. Eponges de Lamarck conservées au Muséum de Paris. Deuxième partie. Archives du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 6 8: 61-124 2 figs pls 1-6 [112]. - Higginsia coralloides Higgin, T.H. 1877. Description of some sponges obtained during a cruise of the steamyacht Argo in the Caribbean and neighbouring seas. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 19: 291-299 pl. 14 [291].
Type data:
Holotype (formerly in LFM, unknown after 1941 - egaz), Grenada, Caribbean [12°07'38"N 61°40'24"W].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Port Jackson, Port Phillip Heads, also amphi-Atlantic and Indo-Malayan region.
IMCRA
Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)
Ecological Descriptors
Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.
Extra Ecological Information
Depth subtidal–70 m.
General References
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 [737]
Hallmann, E.F. 1917. A revision of the genera with microscleres included, or provisionally included, in the family Axinellidae, with descriptions of some Australian species. Part 3. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 41: 634-675 4 figs pls 29/3, 5-6, 33/6, 38/5 [665]
Hooper, J.N.A. & Lévi, C. 1993. Axinellida from the New Caledonian lagoon (Porifera: Demospongiae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 7(6): 1395-1472 (holotype figured)
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 | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |