Species Holopsamma favus (Carter, 1885)
- Echinoclathria carteri Ridley, S.O. & Dendy, A. 1886. Preliminary report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. Challenger. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 18: 325-351, 470-493 [476].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1887.5.2.75 wet (NMV photo 36/9), 75 m, Bass Srait, TAS [39°20'S 145°30'E].
Paratype(s) BMNH 1887.5.2.44 wet; BMNH 1887.5.2.48 wet. - Echinoclathria favus Carter, H.J. 1885. Description of sponges from the neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads, South Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 16: 277-294 [292].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1837.5.13.35 dry (egaz), Port Phillip, VIC [38°07'S 144°48'E].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Hooper, J.N.A. in Hooper, J.N.A. & Wiedenmayer, F. 1994. Porifera. pp. 1-620 in Wells, A. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia Vol. 12 xiii 624 pp. [Date published 21/Nov/1994] [282]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Port Jackson, Shoalhaven Bight, NSW; Port Phillip Bay, Westernport Bay, VIC; King Is., Bass Strait, TAS; Great Australian Bight SA; Houtman Abrolhos, Monte Bellow Is., WA.
IMCRA
Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)
Ecological Descriptors
Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.
Extra Ecological Information
Depth 3–333 m; epizootic on bivalves,, seagrass, rock reefs, vertical rock walls, sand and shell grit substrates.
General References
Fromont, J. 1999. Demosponges of the Houtman Abrolhos. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 44: 175-184 [177] (Listed in this article)
Hooper, J.N.A. 1996. Revision of Microcionidae (Porifera: Poecilosclerida: Demospongiae), with description of Australian species. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 40: 1-626 [Date published 01/06/1996] [491]
Wiedenmayer, F. 1989. Demospongiae (Porifera) from northern Bass Strait (Shelf of Southern Australia). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 50(1): 1-242 [59]
History of changes
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