Species Leucascus clavatus Dendy, 1893
- Leucascus clavatus Dendy, A. 1893. Synopsis of the Australian Calcarea Heterocoela, with a proposed classification of the group and descriptions of some new genera and species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 5: 69-116 [78].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1893.6.9.2 (=NMV G2333 possibly, fragment of type with slides), Port Phillip Heads, VIC [38°07'S 144°48'E].
Paratype(s) BMNH 11924.2.6.53 (?slide to NMV G2333); NMV G2334, RN241 slide (BMNH 1925.11.1.1728); BMNH 1925.11.1.1727 (RN240, slide of possible second paratype).Secondary source:
Burton, M. 1963. A Revision of the Classification of the Calcareous Sponges. London : British Museum pp. 1-693 figs 1-375. [594]; Ayling, A.L., Stone, S. & Smith, B.J. 1982. Catalogue of types of sponge species from Southern Australia described by Arthur Dendy. Reports of the National Museum of Victoria 1: 97-109 [102].
Distribution
States
Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Macquarie Is.; Port Phillip Heads, Geraldton, and also New Zealand.
IMCRA
Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)
Ecological Descriptors
Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.
Extra Ecological Information
Shallow water.
General References
Cavalcanti, F.F., Rapp, H.T. & Klautau, M. 2013. Taxonomic revision of Leucascus Dendy, 1892 (Porifera: Calcarea) with revalidation of Ascoleucetta Dendy & Frederick, 1924 and description of three new species. Zootaxa 3619(3): 275–314
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 20-Dec-2011 | 20-Dec-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 23-Feb-2012 | MODIFIED |