Species Hippospongia massa Lendenfeld, 1889

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• Hippospongia equina massa 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. (305); type series appears to be composite and requires revision].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1908.2.4.1 (no coords avail for Wollongong), Australian Seas (Wollongong, NSW; Shark Bay, WA) [33°00'S 146°00'E, 25°56'S 113°32'3''E].
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1859.10.7.112 (2 specimens), no data; BMNH 1839.7.4.4, no data; BMNH 1859.3.7.2 (eg), Shark Bay [25°56'S 113°32'3''E]; BMNH unregistered (2 specimens), Australia, Wollongong; BMNH unregistered 2 specimens; BMNH unregistered 4 specimens, no data; ZMB 6746 slide, no data.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Western Australia

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

General References

Topsent, E. 1930. Eponges de Lamarck conservées au Muséum de Paris. Archives du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 6 5: 1-56 4 figs pls 1-4 [10] (alludes to conspecificity of Lendenfeld's species with both Spongia communis Lamarck, 1814 (Red Sea) and Spongia equina Schmidt, 1862 (Mediterranean)

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