Species Ircinia variabilis Schmidt, 1862

Museums

Regional Maps

• Hircinia variabilis Schmidt, E.O. 1862. Die Spongien des Adriatischen Meeres. Leipzig : Engelmann 88 pp. 7 pls. [34].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) MJG 15433 dry (egz- Yugoslavia), Kvarner, Dalmatian and Istrian coasts, Kvarner, Yugoslavia [44°38'15"N 18°42'25"E]; MJG 15492 dry, Kvarner [no coords available]; MJG 15493 wet, Kvarner [no coords available]; MJG 15440 wet (egaz - Zadar), Zadar [44°06'50"N 15°14'27"E]; MJG 15443 wet (egaz), Zadar [44°06'50"N 15°14'27"E]; MJG 15447 wet (egaz), Zadar [44°06'50"N 15°14'27"E]; MJG 15490,-91 wet (egaz), Zadar [44°06'50"N 15°14'27"E]; MJG 15439 wet, no locality, doubtful; BMNH number lost 3 dry specimens (egaz), Sibenik [43°44'20"N 15°53'38"E]; BMNH 1877.5.21.318 dry fragment of syntype, 'Adriatic'; NMI slide, 'Adriatic'; MNHN Paris DT772 slide, no locality, doubtful.

  Secondary source:

   Desqueyroux-Faundez, R. & Stone, S.M. 1992. O. Schmidt Sponge Catalogue. An illustrated guide to the Graz Museum Collection, with notes on additional material. Geneva : Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle iv+190 pp. 49 pls. [13, 49] (for type data).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Tuggerah Beach; allegedly also Mediterranean, E Atlantic, N Atlantic, Arctic, Indian Ocean, Indo-Malayan region and Antarctic (uncertain pending revision).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

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

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

 

General References

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] (questions conspecificity of European and Australian populations, suggesting that two or more sibling species may be involved)

Vacelet, J. 1959. Répartition générale des Eponges et systématique des Eponges cornées de la région de Marseille et de quelques stations méditerranéennes. Recueil des Travaux de la Station Marine d'Endoume. Marseille 26: 39-101 pls 1-3 (misidentified as Ircinia fasciculata (Pallas, 1766))

 

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
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