Species Paraleucilla cucumis (Haeckel, 1872)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Leucandra cucumis 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] [205] [in part–Leucandra cucumis var. bassensis only, not Leucandra cucumis var. palcensis, see Burton, M. 1963. A Revision of the Classification of the Calcareous Sponges. London : British Museum pp. 1–693 figs 1–375. (116), figures are not collated with varieties, no nominate subspecies is distinguished].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) PMJ ? (not found), Gulf St Vincent, SA [35°00'S 138°05'E].
• Leucandra bassensis 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] [206].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) PMJ ? (not found), Bass Strait [39°20'S 145°30'E].

 

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. [116, 546]

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Gulf St Vincent.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

 

General References

Burton, M. 1963. A Revision of the Classification of the Calcareous Sponges. London : British Museum pp. 1-693 figs 1-375. [116, 546] (Leucandra bassensis Haeckel, 1872 also as Leucandra cucumis var. bassensis =nominate subspecies)

 

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