Species Leucetta microraphis Haeckel, 1872

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Species Leucetta microraphis Haeckel, 1872

Leucetta primigenia microraphis Haeckel, E. 1872. Die Kalkschwämme. Eine Monographie in zwei Bänden Text und einem Atlas mit 60 Tafeln Abbildungen. Berlin : Georg Reimer Vol. 1 pp. 1-396; Vol. 2 pp. 1-418; Vol. 3, pls 1-30. [part translated in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4)11: 241–262, 421–430] [118] [as Leucetta microraphis and Leucetta primigenia var. microraphis; no clear segregation of surviving type material and type localities from varieties microraphis, isoraphis and megaraphis].
Type data:

Syntype(s) PMJ Porif.106 ('Leucetta microraphis L. primigenia var.)/Mare Rubrum/Frauenfeld' (NMV photos 56/26–29), Red Sea; possibly also Gulf St Vincent, SA; Bass Strait; Messina; Morocco; Mogador; Cape of Good Hope; St Thomas, Cuba; Valparaiso; Fiji; Java; Sri Lanka [22°32'56"N 37°06'43"E]; Porif.133 'L. primigeniaGulf of St. Vincent, Australia, Schomburck' E.H ms (NMV photos 56/40–45); PMJ Porif.135.
Leuconia dura Poléjaeff, N. 1884. Report on the Calcarea dredged by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 8: 1-76 pls 1-9 [65].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH 1884.4.22.55, 14 m, Torres Strait [10°25'S 142°10'E].
Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1884.4.22.51; BMNH 1884.4.22.52, Bermudas [32°09'50"N 64°52'55"W]; BMNH 1884.4.22.53, Bermudas [32°09'50"N 64°52'55"W]; BMNH 1884.4.22.54, Bermudas [32°09'50"N 64°52'55"W].
Pericharax carteri homoraphis Poléjaeff, N. 1884. Report on the Calcarea dredged by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 8: 1-76 pls 1-9 [66].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1884.4.22.58 fragment, 100 m, Tristan da Cunha, South Atlantic [37°19'08"S 12°05'09"W].
Paratype(s) ZMB fragment of type.
Secondary source:
Burton, M. 1963. A Revision of the Classification of the Calcareous Sponges. London : British Museum pp. 1-693 figs 1-375. [595].
Leucaltis floridana australiensis Carter, H.J. 1886. Description of sponges from the neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads, South Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 18: 126-149 [145].
Type data:

Syntype(s) BMNH 1886.12.15.3, Port Phillip Heads, VIC [38°07'S 144°48'E]; BMNH 1886.12.15.4, Port Phillip Heads, VIC [38°07'S 144°48'E]; BMNH 1886.12.15.5, Port Phillip Heads, VIC [38°07'S 144°48'E]; BMNH 1886.12.15.6, Port Phillip Heads, VIC [38°07'S 144°48'E]; BMNH 1887.7.12.25, Port Phillip Heads, VIC [38°07'S 144°48'E]; BMNH 1887.7.12.79, Port Phillip Heads, VIC [38°07'S 144°48'E].
Secondary source:
Burton, M. 1963. A Revision of the Classification of the Calcareous Sponges. London : British Museum pp. 1-693 figs 1-375. [594].
Leucandra carteri 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 [103] [nom. nov. for Leucaltis floridana australiensis Carter due to secondary homonymy].
Type data:
Syntype(s).

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Borojevic, R. 1967. Eponges calcaires recueillies en Nouvelle-Calédonie par la Mission Singer-Polignac. In, Expéd. Franç. Récifs Coral. Nouv. Caléd Paris : Fond. Singer-Polignac. Vol. 2. 11 pp. 4 figs [3]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia

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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), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)