Species Ianthella basta (Pallas, 1766)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Spongia striata 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 [384].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHN Paris LBIM DT523, 'American Seas?' probably Indo-Malayan Region.

  Secondary source:

   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 [49].
• Spongia basta Pallas, P.S. 1766. Elenchus zoophytorum sistens generum adumbrationes generaliores et specierum cognitarum succinctas descriptiones cum selectis auctorum synonymis. Hagae-comitum : P. van Cleef 45 pp. [309].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, 'southern seas'.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Torres Strait, N Great Barrier Reef; also Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, Guam, Mascarene Islands, Indian Ocean.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Aquatic, filter-feeder, sessile.

 

General References

Bergquist, P.R. & Kelly-Borges, M. 1995. Systematics and biogeography of the genus Ianthella (Demospongiae: Verongida: Ianthellidae) in the South-west Pacific. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 12: 151-176 [152]

Franklin, M.A., Penn, S.G., Lebrilla, C.B., Lam, T.H., Pessah, I.N. & Molinski, T.F. 1996. Bastadin 20 and bastadin O-sulfate esters from Ianthella basta — novel modulators of the Ry(1)R FKBP12 receptor complex. Journal of Natural Products 59: 1121-1127 [1121]

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)

Hooper, J.N.A., Kennedy, J.A., List-Armitage, S.E., Cook, S.D. & Quinn, R. 1999. Biodiversity, species composition and distribution of marine sponges in Northeast Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 44: 263-274 [264]

Hooper, J.N.A., List-Armitage, S.E., Kennedy, J.A., Cook, S.D. & Valentine, C.A. 1999. Sponges of the Low Isles, Great Barrier Reef: an important scientific site, or a case of mistaken identity? Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 44: 249-262 [260] (Listed in this article)

Pitcher, C.R., Wassenberg, T.J., Smith, G.P., Cappo, M., Hooper, J.N.A. & Doherty, P.J. 1999. Innovative new methods for measuring the natural dynamics of some structurally dominant tropical sponges and other sessile fauna. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 44: 479-484 [483] (Listed in this article)

Webster, N.S. 2007. Sponge disease: a global threat ? Environmental Microbiology 9(6): 1363-1375 [1366]

 

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)