Species Leuconia multifida Carter, 1886

Museums

Regional Maps

• Leuconia multifida 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 [141] [holotype is implied in original description, which is supported by the respective entries in the BMNH Register].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1887.7.12.32 wet 1/2 specimen (Port Phillip), Port Phillips Heads or Westernport Bay, VIC [38°07'S 144°48'E or 38°22'S 145°20'E].

  Secondary source:

   Burton, M. 1963. A Revision of the Classification of the Calcareous Sponges. London : British Museum pp. 1-693 figs 1-375. [630].

 

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
21-Dec-2011		21-Dec-2011	MOVED
		23-Feb-2012	MODIFIED