Species Leuconia pumila Bowerbank, 1866

Museums

Regional Maps

• Leuconia pumila Bowerbank, J.S. 1866. A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. London : Ray Society Vol. 2 388 pp. [41].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1910.1.1475, Guernsey, Channel Ils, England; Firth of Lorn and Scotland [49°27'57"N 2°33'07"W, 36°25'33"S 175°20'20"E, 56°14'34"N 5°54'18"W, 56°52'48"N 4°03'05"W].
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1955.11.2.58 4 specimens; BMNH 1955.11.2.59; BMNH 1955.11.2.60; BMNH 1956.4.26.50 slide.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Burton, M. 1963. A Revision of the Classification of the Calcareous Sponges. London : British Museum pp. 1-693 figs 1-375. [632].
• Leucaltis pumila bleeki 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] [149].

  Type data:

   Holotype PMJ ? (not found), Bass Strait; Cape Town, South Africa [39°20'S 145°30'E, 33°58'44"S 18°28'55"E].
• Leucaltis pumila normanni 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] [149] [=nominate subspecies by indication (type locality) therefore objective synonym of Leucaltis pumila].

  Type data:

   Holotype Guernsey, Channel Ils, England; Firth of Lorn and Scotland [49°27'57"N 2°33'07"W, 36°25'33"S 175°20'20"E, 56°14'34"N 5°54'18"W, 56°52'48"N 4°03'05"W].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Burton, M. 1963. A Revision of the Classification of the Calcareous Sponges. London : British Museum pp. 1-693 figs 1-375. [287]

Distribution

States

Tasmania

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.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth subtidal–1262 m.

History of changes