Species Leiosella silicata (Lendenfeld, 1885)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Euspongia silicata Lendenfeld, R. von 1885. A monograph of the Australian sponges. Part 6. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 10: 481-553 pls 36-38 [545].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1886.8.27.342 wet (=AM G3701 slide), 40 m, Port Jackson, NSW [33°51'S 151°15'E].
  Paralectotype(s) AM G3968 wet.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Torres Strait, Port Jackson, Lake Illawarra, Tuggerah Beach and Eddystone Point.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 40 m.

 

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 Unpublished M.Sc.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. [38]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
29-Mar-2018		15-Dec-2011	MOVED
29-Mar-2018		02-May-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)