Species Iotrochota baculifera Ridley, 1884

Museums

Regional Maps

• Iotrochota baculifera Ridley, S.O. 1884. Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of H.M.S. Alert, 1881–1882. Spongiida. (Part 1, Australian sponges). London : British Museum (Natural History) 366-482, pls 39-43. [435].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1882.2.23.315 wet, Darwin, Northern Territory.
• Iotrochota baculifera flabellata Dendy, A. 1887. The sponge-fauna of Madras. A report on a collection of sponges obtained in the neighbourhood of Madras by Edgar Thurston, Esq. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 20: 153-165 pls 9-12 [158].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1889.1.21.15 wet, Rameswamar Is., Gulf of Mannar, India.
• Iotrochota baculifera tumescens Kirkpatrick, R. 1900. IV. On the sponges of Christmas Island. In Andrews, C.W., Smith, E.A., Bernard, H.M., Kirkpatrick, R. & Chapman, F.C.: On the marine fauna of Christmas Island (Indian Ocean). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1900: 127-141 pls 12-13 [136].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1898.12.20.38 wet, Flying Fish Cove, Christmas Is.
• Iotrochota baculifera minor Hentschel, E. 1911. Tetraxonida. pp. 279-393, 54 figs 2. Teil. in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : G. Fischer Vol. 3 (10). [329].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) ZMH 6 wet and 2 dry specimens, 7–11 m, eastern channel between Eagle Bluff and Baba Head, Freycinet Estuary, 11–16 m, W of Middle Flat to N point of Heirisson Prong, Freycinet beach, 0.75–2 m, entrance to Useless Inlet and 2–4.5 m, off Brown Station (Dirk Hartog), Shark Bay, WA; ZMB 4419, 7–11 m, eastern channel between Eagle Bluff and Baba Head, Freycinet Estuary, 11–16 m, W of Middle Flat to N point of Heirisson Prong, Freycinet beach, 0.75–2 m, entrance to Useless Inlet and 2–4.5 m, off Brown Station (Dirk Hartog), Shark Bay, WA.
• Hiattrochota hiatti Laubenfels, M.W. de 1954. The sponges of the West-Central Pacific. Oregon State Monographs. Studies in Zoology 7: 1-306 pls 1-12 [125].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 23087 wet, 2 m, Truk Lagoon, Caroline Ils, Micronesia.
• Hiattrochota mystile Laubenfels, M.W. de 1954. The sponges of the West-Central Pacific. Oregon State Monographs. Studies in Zoology 7: 1-306 pls 1-12 [126].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) USNM 22894 wet, 2 m, lagoon, Truk Ils, Caroline Ils and 5 m, lagoon, Likiep Atoll, Marshall Ils, Micronesia; USNM 23018 wet, 2 m, lagoon, Truk Ils, Caroline Ils and 5 m, lagoon, Likiep Atoll, Marshall Ils, Micronesia.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Bergquist, P.R. 1965. The sponges of Micronesia, Part I. The Palau Archipelago. Pacific Science 19: 123-204 34 figs [163]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Christmas Is., Shark Bay, Darwin, Flying Fish Cove, also Indian Ocean, Indo-Malayan region and W Pacific Ocean.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth intertidal waters–65 m.

 

General References

Fromont, J. 1999. Demosponges of the Houtman Abrolhos. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 44: 175-184 [177] (Listed in this article)

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] (Listed in this article)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
29-Mar-2018	DEMOSPONGIAE Sollas, 1885	18-Sep-2014	MODIFIED	ABRS
29-Mar-2018		15-Dec-2011	MOVED
29-Mar-2018		13-Apr-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)