Species Hymeniacidon halichondroides (Thiele, 1898)

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• Amorphilla halichondroides Thiele, J. 1898. Studien über pazifische Spongien. I. Zoologica (New York) 24: 1-72 pls 1-8 [45].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) ZMB 2184 5 fragments, 1 slide (egaz), Japan [43°38'27"N 143°17'20"E]; ZMB 2187 4 fragments (egaz), Japan [43°38'27"N 143°17'20"E]; ZMB 2188 3 fragments (egaz), Japan [43°38'27"N 143°17'20"E]; ZMB 2189 2 specimens (egaz), Japan [43°38'27"N 143°17'20"E]; ZMB 2193 3 fragments (egaz), Japan [43°38'27"N 143°17'20"E]; ZMB 2195 3 specimens (egaz), Japan [43°38'27"N 143°17'20"E]; ZMB 2197 wet (egaz), Japan [43°38'27"N 143°17'20"E]; BMNH 1908.9.24.140 wet fragment of type (egaz), Japan [43°38'27"N 143°17'20"E].
• Amorphilla renieriformis Thiele, J. 1898. Studien über pazifische Spongien. I. Zoologica (New York) 24: 1-72 pls 1-8 [45].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB 2196 1 slide (egaz), Japan [43°38'27"N 143°17'20"E].
• Amorphilla papillosa Thiele, J. 1898. Studien über pazifische Spongien. I. Zoologica (New York) 24: 1-72 pls 1-8 [45].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB 933 1 slide (egaz), Japan [43°38'27"N 143°17'20"E].
• Amorphilla compressa Thiele, J. 1898. Studien über pazifische Spongien. I. Zoologica (New York) 24: 1-72 pls 1-8 [46].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMB 2207 2 specimens and 2 slides (egaz), Japan [43°38'27"N 143°17'20"E].
• Amorphilla adhaerens Thiele, J. 1898. Studien über pazifische Spongien. I. Zoologica (New York) 24: 1-72 pls 1-8 [46].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) MZUS unknown Döderlein Collection dry (egaz for Japan), Amami-Oshima and Eroshima, Japan [43°38'27"N 143°17'20"E]; ZMB 6701 1 slide (egaz for Japan), Amami-Oshima and Eroshima, Japan [43°38'27"N 143°17'20"E].
• Amorphilla penicillata Thiele, J. 1898. Studien über pazifische Spongien. I. Zoologica (New York) 24: 1-72 pls 1-8 [48].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMB 4896 wet (slide ZMB 6460 - egaz), Eroshima, Japan [43°38'27"N 143°17'20"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] (synonymy between Japanese and European species such as Spongia perlevis Montagu, 1818 is rejected here; Hymeniacidon halichondroides (Thiele, 1898) is given status as a valid name; for further discussion and synonymies see Topsent, E. 1925. Etude des Spongiaires du Golfe de Naples. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale 63(5): 623–725 pl. 8 [643]; Topsent, E. 1925. Eponges de l'étang de Thau. Bulletin de l' Institut Océanographie de Monaco 452: 1–19 [1, 10]; Burton, M. 1934. Sponges. pp. 1–58, 8 pls in Bock, S. (ed.) Further Zoological Results of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition 1901–1903 Vol. 3(2). [41]; Vosmaer, G.C.J. 1932. [1932–1935]. The sponges of the Bay of Naples. Porifera Incalcaria. In Vosmaer-Röell, C.S. & Burton, M. (eds) Vol. 1 (1932–3), issued in 5 parts. Capita Zoologica 3: 1–456 pls 1–35. Vol. 2 (1933–5), issued in 5 parts. Capita Zoologica 5: 457–857 pls 36–71 (pls 43, 55 omitted). Also published separately in 3 vols (2 vols text, 875 pp., and atlas, 69 pls). The Hague : Martinus Nijhoff 1933–35. [694–696, part]; Topsent, E. 1938. Contribution nouvelle à la connaissance des Eponges des côtes d'Algérie. Les espèces nouvelles d'O. Schmidt, 1868. Bulletin de l' Institut Océanographie de Monaco 758: 1–32 [20]; Bergquist, P.R. 1970. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Porifera, Demospongiae, Part 2 (Axinellida and Halichondrida). (Mem. N.Z. Oceanogr. Inst. 51). Bulletin of the N.Z. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research 197: 1–85 20 pls 3 figs [36])

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

SE coast, TAS coast, NSW, TAS; Port Jackson, d'Entrecasteaux Channel, Seven Mile Beach, Blackman's Bay, Wedge Is., Tasman Peninsula, also Japan and New Zealand.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Shallow, sheltered waters.

 

General References

Carpay, M. 1986. The marine sponges of Tasmania. A checklist of a number of marine sponges, occurring along the Tasmanian coast. Unpublished M.Sc. thesis, Department of Bijzondere Dierkunde, Institute of Taxonomic Zoology, Amsterdam. pp. 1–77. [16]

Fromont, J. 2003. Porifera (Sponges) in the Dampier Archipelago: Taxonomic affinities and biogeography. Proceedings of the Twelfth International Marine Biological Workshop. The Marine Flora and Fauna of Dampier, Western Australia. 405-417 pp. [408] (Listed in this article as "Topsentia halichondroides")

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] [210] (removed from synonymy with Spongia perlevis Montagu, 1818)

 

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)