Species Hippospongia elastica Lendenfeld, 1889

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• Hippospongia equina elastica Lendenfeld, R. von 1889. Die Verwandtschaftsverhältnisse der Hornschwämme. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 4: 1-93 [36] [in key; described in Lendenfeld, R. von 1889. A Monograph of the Horny Sponges. London : Trübner & Co. 936 pp. 17 figs 50 pls. (307, pl. 16 fig. 1); unrecognisable except in Spongiidae].

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  Syntype(s) BMNH 1841.3.16.7 dry (egaz), Pine Is., Torres Strait; Tasmania; Illawarra, NSW [41°51'S 146°47'Em, 10°25'S 142°10'E, 42°00'S 147°00'E, 37°04'S 142°42'E]; BMNH 1844.9.13.14 dry (egaz), Pine Is., Torres Strait; Tasmania; Illawarra, NSW [41°51'S 146°47'Em, 10°25'S 142°10'E, 42°00'S 147]; BMNH 1846.8.12.68 dry (egaz), Pine Is., Torres Strait; Tasmania; Illawarra, NSW [41°51'S 146°47'Em, 10°25'S 142°10'E, 42°00'S]; BMNH 1851.7.25.157 dry (egaz), Pine Is., Torres Strait; Tasmania; Illawarra, NSW [41°51'S 146°47'Em, 10°25'S 142°10'E, 42°00'S]; BMNH 1857.1.2.42 dry (egaz), Pine Is., Torres Strait; Tasmania; Illawarra, NSW [41°51'S 146°47'Em, 10°25'S 142°10'E, 42°00'S 147]; BMNH 1859.2.11.2 dry (egaz), Pine Is., Torres Strait; Tasmania; Illawarra, NSW [41°51'S 146°47'Em, 10°25'S 142°10'E, 42°00'S]; BMNH 1859.2.11.7 (egaz), Pine Is., Torres Strait; Tasmania; Illawarra, NSW [41°51'S 146°47'Em, 10°25'S 142°10'E, 42°00'S 147]; BMNH 1859.2.29.15 dry (egaz), Pine Is., Torres Strait; Tasmania; Illawarra, NSW [41°51'S 146°47'Em, 10°25'S 142°10'E, 42°00'S 147].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

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