Species Rowella imperfecta (Poléjaeff, 1883)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Leucetta imperfecta 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.

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1884.4.22.59, Off Sydney, New South Wales, Australia [33°51ʹS, 151°15ʹE].

Generic Combinations

• Rowella imperfecta (Poléjaeff, 1883). —
  Lopes, M.V. & Klautau, M. 2023. Phylogeny and revision of Leucaltis and Leucettusa (Porifera: Calcarea), with new classification proposals and description of a new type of aquiferous system. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 198(3): 691–746
• Leucettusa imperfecta (Poléjaeff, 1883). —
  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

Introduction

Reported as Leucettusa sp. 2 from Ling Hole, King Island Canyons and Seamounts in Tasmania by Voigt et al. (2012).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

General References

Voigt, O., Wülfing, E. & Wörheide, G. 2012. Molecular phylogenetic evaluation of classification and scenarios of character evolution in calcareous sponges (Porifera, Class Calcarea). PLoS ONE (Public Library of Science) 7(3): e33417

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