Species Neopetrosia similis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
- Petrosia similis Ridley, S.O. & Dendy, A. 1886. Preliminary report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. Challenger. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 18: 325-351, 470-493 [327].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1887.5.2.201 wet, Stn. 142 (egaz), 280 m, S of Cape of Good Hope, South Africa (35º4´S 18º37´E); 280 m, W of Heard Is., Subantarctic (52º4´S 71º22´E) [52°4´S 71°22´E]; BMNH 1887.5.2.202 wet, two fragments, Stn. 142; BMNH 1887.5.2.224 wet fragment, Stn. 150. - Petrosia similis compacta Ridley, S.O. & Dendy, A. 1886. Preliminary report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. Challenger. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 18: 325-351, 470-493 [327].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1887.5.2.209 wet, 34 m, Visayan Sea, Philippine Ils (11º37´N 123º31´E) [11°37´N 123°31´E]. - Petrosia similis massa Ridley, S.O. & Dendy, A. 1886. Preliminary report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. Challenger. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 18: 325-351, 470-493 [327].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1887.5.2.198 wet, 135 m, between the Strait of Magellan and the Falkland Ils, Subantarctic (51º35´S 65º39´W); ZMB fragments of types?, 135 m, between the Strait of Magellan and the Falkland Ils, Subantarctic (51º35´S 65º39´W) [51°35´S 65°39´W]. - Petrosia truncata Ridley, S.O. & Dendy, A. 1886. Preliminary report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. Challenger. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 18: 325-351, 470-493 [327].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1887.5.2.208 fragment wet, 33 m, Visayan Sea, Philippine Ils (11º37´N 123º31´E) [11°37´N 123°31´E]. - Petrosia similis densissima Wilson, H.V. 1904. XXX. The sponges. In Reports on an exploration off the west coasts of Mexico, Central and South America, and off the Galapagos Islands, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer Albatross, during 1891, Lieut. Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.N., commanding. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 30(1): 1-164 pls 1-26 [121].
Type data:
Holotype (MCZ?), 100 m, Galapagos Ils, Eastern Pacific [no coords available]. - Petrosia similis delicatula Dendy, A. 1905. Report on the sponges collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. 57-246 pls 1-16 in Herdman, W.A. (ed.). Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar. London : Royal Society Vol. 3 Suppl. 18. [145].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1907.2.1.41 (egaz), off Galle, Sri Lanka [8°23'31"N 80°11'24"E]. - Halichondria retiderma Dendy, A. 1922. Report on the Sigmatotetraxonida collected by H.M.S. Sealark in the Indian Ocean. In Report of the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905. Vol. 7. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 2nd Series Zoology 18: 1-164 pls 1-18 [38].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1921.11.7.29 wet (egaz), 30 m, Amirante Ils, Indian Ocean [6°55'37"S 52°06'03"E].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- 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] [330]
- van Soest, R. 2011. Neopetrosia similis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886). In: Van Soest, R.W.M, Boury-Esnault, N., Hooper, J.N.A., Rützler, K, de Voogd, N.J., Alvarez de Glasby, B., Hajdu, E., Pisera, A.B., Manconi, R., Schoenberg, C., Janussen, D., Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M., Picton, B., Kelly, M., Vacelet, J. (2011) World Porifera database. Accessed through: Van Soest, R.W.M, Boury-Esnault, N., Hooper, J.N.A., Rützler, K, de Voogd, N.J., Alvarez de Glasby, B., Hajdu, E., Pisera, A.B., Manconi, R., Schoenberg, C., Janussen, D., Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M., Picton, B., Kelly, M., Vacelet, J. (2011) World Porifera database at http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=166813 on 2012-01-01. on 2012-01-01. http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=166813
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Heard Is., Houtman Abrolhos, Darwin, Port Jackson, also S Africa, Indian Ocean, Indo-Malayan region, E Pacific and Subantarctic.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)
Ecological Descriptors
Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.
Extra Ecological Information
Depth subtidal–275 m.
General References
Fromont, J. 1999. Demosponges of the Houtman Abrolhos. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 44: 175-184 [180] (Listed in this article)
Ridley, S.O. 1884. Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of H.M.S. Alert, 1881–1882. Spongiida. (Part 1, Australian sponges). London : British Museum (Natural History) 366-482, pls 39-43. [404] (misidentified as
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 29-Mar-2018 | DEMOSPONGIAE Sollas, 1885 | 26-Aug-2014 | MODIFIED | ABRS |
| 29-Mar-2018 | 01-Jan-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 29-Mar-2018 | 15-Dec-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 29-Mar-2018 | 13-Apr-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |