Species Leucascus simplex Dendy, 1893
- Leucascus simplex 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 [77].
Type data:
Syntype(s) NMV G2415, inside Port Phillip heads, VIC; Watson's Bay, Port Jackson, NSW [38°07'S 144°48'E]; NMV G2416 portion, Port Phillip? [38°07'S 144°48'E]; NMV G2418 (slide BMNH 1925.11.1.1730), Port Jackson [33°51'S 151°15'E]; NMV G2419 (with fragment of type in NMNZ and slide BMNH 1925.11.1.1731), Port Phillip [38°07'S 144°48'E]; BMNH 1925.11.1.34 (Port Phillip with slides BMNH 1925.11.1.34a and NMV G2417); BMNH 1924.2.6.55 (no locality no reference to specimen, slide; BMNH 1887.7.12.7 (slide, possibly examined by Dendy: 'South Coast, J.B. Wilson Coll.', ex Carter?)).Type locality references:
Wilson, J. Bracebridge 1895. List of dredging stations at and near Port Phillip Heads. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 7: 261-263 [stations 1, 5].Secondary source:
Fell, H.B. 1950. The Kirk Collection of sponges (Porifera) in the Zoology Museum, Victoria University College. Zoological Publications of Victoria University College 4: 1-12 1 pl. [5]; 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 [105].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Port Phillip Heads, Watson's Bay, Port Jackson, Shark Bay, Geraldton, Fremantle, Bunbury, also New Zealand and Indian Ocean.
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
Depth shallow water–140 m.
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 |