Species Leucaltis latitubulata (Carter, 1886)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Clathrina latitubulata Carter, H.J. 1886. Description of sponges from the neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads, South Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 17: 40-53, 112-127.

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1887.7.12.8, Port Phillip Heads, South Australia [38°17ʹS, 144°37ʹE; inaccurate coordinates].
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1887.7.12.48, Port Phillip Heads, South Australia [38°17ʹS, 144°37ʹE; inaccurate coordinates].

Generic Combinations

• Leucaltis latitubulata (Carter, 1886). —
  Lopes, M.V. & Klautau, M. 2023. Phylogeny and revision of Leucaltis and Leucettusa (Porifera: Calcarea), with new classification proposals and description of a new type of aquiferous system. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 198(3): 691–746

Introduction

The species was reported as Leucaltis clathria by Dendy (1913) and Dendy & Row (1913).

Distribution

States

Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Bass Strait Shelf Province (35)

General References

Dendy, A. 1913. Report on the calcareous sponges collected by H.M.S. Sealark in the Indian Ocean. In Reports of the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905. Vol. 5. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 2nd Series Zoology 16: 1-29 pls 1-5

Dendy, A. & Row, R.W.H. 1913. The classification and phylogeny of the calcareous sponges, with a reference list of all the described species, systematically arranged. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1913: 704-813

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