Species Leucascus insignis (Row & Hôzawa, 1931)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Leucetta insignis Row, R.W.H. & Hôzawa, S. 1931. Report on the Calcarea obtained by the Hamburg South-West Australian Expedition of 1905. Science Reports of the Tôhoku University 4 6: 727-809 17 figs pls 19-21 [744].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1925.11.1.41, Geraldton district, WA [28°46'S 114°36'E].

  Secondary source:

   Burton, M. 1963. A Revision of the Classification of the Calcareous Sponges. London : British Museum pp. 1-693 figs 1-375. [595].

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

 

General References

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

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
20-Dec-2011		20-Dec-2011	MOVED
		23-Feb-2012	MODIFIED