Species Leucilla uter Poléjaeff, 1884
- Leucilla uter 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 [53].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH 1884.4.22.21 2 parts, wet and dry fragments of type, 170 m, off Cebu Is., Philippines [10°25'08"N 123°48'10"E].
Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1884.4.22.31 wet; BMNH 1924.2.6.94 slide; BMNH 1924.2.6.95 slide; ZMB fragment of type(s?), 2 slides (ex Dendy Collection, from one of the former? with corresponding fragment of type in NMNZ). - Leuconia johnstoni 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 [133] [junior secondary homonym of Leuconia fistulosa australiensis Carter, 1886].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1887.7.12.72 dry, Port Phillip Heads (and Western Port Bay?), VIC [38°07'S 144°48'E]; BMNH 1887.7.12.28 wet, Port Phillip Heads (and Western Port Bay?), 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. [635] (both specimens mistakenly cited as holotype). - Leucilla proteus Dendy, A. 1913. Report on the calcareous sponges collected by H.M.S. Sealark in the Indian Ocean. In Reports of the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905. Vol. 5. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 2nd Series Zoology 16: 1-29 pls 1-5 [25].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1920.12.9.60 wet, 69 m, Amirante, Indian Ocean [6°55'37"S 52°06'03"E]. - Leucilla oblata 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 [802].
Type data:
Holotype ZMH, Shark Bay district, WA [25°30'S 113°30'E].
Paratype(s) ZMH; BMNH 1925.11.1.93 wet; BMNH 1925.11.1.1468 wet; BMNH 1925.11.1.1494 wet.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Borojevic, R. & Peixinho, S. 1976. Eponges calcaires du nord-nord-est de Brésil. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] Zool. 279: 987-1036
- Borojevic, R. & Boury-Esnault, N. 1987. Revision of the genus Leucilla Haeckel, 1872, with a re-description of the type species Leucilla amphora Haeckel, 1872. pp. 29-40 in Jones, W.C. European contributions to the taxonomy of sponges. Publications of the Sherkin Island Marine Station 1
Distribution
States
Queensland
IMCRA
Northern Shelf Province (25), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.
Extra Ecological Information
Depth 59–183 m.
General References
Borojevic, R. & Boury-Esnault, N. 1987. Revision of the genus Leucilla Haeckel, 1872, with a re-description of the type species Leucilla amphora Haeckel, 1872. pp. 29-40 in Jones, W.C. European contributions to the taxonomy of sponges. Publications of the Sherkin Island Marine Station 1 [35]
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. [9]
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
History of changes
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