Species Leucetta primigenia Haeckel, 1872
- Leucetta primigenia 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 primigenia var. isoraphis nominate subspecies by subsequent restriction in 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; no clear segregation of surviving type material and type localities from var. microraphis and megaraphis is possible].
Type data:
Syntype(s) PMJ Porif.133 (Gulf St Vincent, NMV photos 56/40–45), possibly Gulf St Vincent, SA; Bass Strait; Messina; Morocco; Mogador; Cape of Good Hope; St Thomas, Cuba; Valparaiso; Fiji; Java; Sri Lanka [?, 39°20'S 145°30'E, 22°20'38"S 30°02'31"E, 33°06'39"N 5°07'26"W, 17°09'03"S]; Porif.135, possibly Gulf St Vincent, SA; Bass Strait; Messina; Morocco; Mogador; Cape of Good Hope; St Thomas, Cuba; Valparaiso; Fiji; Java; Sri Lanka [?, 39°20'S 145°30'E, 22°20'38"S 30°02'31"E, 33°06'39"N 5°07'26"W, 17°09'03"S]. - Leucetta primigenia isoraphis 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] [considered nominate subspecies of Leucetta primigenia by 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].
Type data:
Syntype(s) PMJ Porif.135 (NMV photo 56/40–45 limited coordinates fit the space — coords given are for Bass Strait, Messina and Morocca), possibly Gulf St Vincent, SA; Bass Strait; Messina; Morocco; Mogador; Cape of Good Hope; St Thomas, Cuba; Valparaiso; Fiji; Java; Sri Lanka [39°20'S 145°30'E, 22°20'38"S 30°02'31"E, 33°06'39]; PMJ Porif.135 (limited coordinates fit the space — coords given are for Bass Strait, Messina and Morocca), possibly Gulf St Vincent, SA; Bass Strait; Messina; Morocco; Mogador; Cape of Good Hope; St Thomas, Cuba; Valparaiso; Fiji; Java; Sri Lanka [39°20'S 145°30'E, 22°20'38"S 30°02'31"E, 33°06'39"N 5°07'26"W].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Hooper, J.N.A. in Hooper, J.N.A. & Wiedenmayer, F. 1994. Porifera. pp. 1-620 in Wells, A. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia Vol. 12 xiii 624 pp. [Date published 21/Nov/1994] [489] (rejects synonymy of this species with
Sycothamnus fruticosus Haeckel, 1869 by Burton, M. 1963. A Revision of the Classification of the Calcareous Sponges. London : British Museum pp. 1–693 figs 1–375. [186]) - Wiedenmayer, F. in Hooper, J.N.A. & Wiedenmayer, F. 1994. Porifera. pp. 1-620 in Wells, A. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia Vol. 12 xiii 624 pp. [Date published 21/Nov/1994] [489]
Distribution
States
New South Wales
Ecological Descriptors
Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.
Extra Ecological Information
Depth 3–385 m.
General References
Hooper, J.N.A. in Hooper, J.N.A. & Wiedenmayer, F. 1994. Porifera. pp. 1-620 in Wells, A. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia Vol. 12 xiii 624 pp. [Date published 21/Nov/1994] (conspecificity of many of the populations is speculative)
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
| 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 |