Species Petrosia (Petrosia) nigricans Lindgren, 1897
- Petrosia nigricans Lindgren, N.G. 1897. Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Spongienfauna des Malaiischen Archipels und der Chinesischen Meere. Zoologischer Anzeiger 20: 480-487 [480].
Type data:
Holotype NHRM (egaz), Java, Indonesia [3°50'39"S 137°40'49"E]. - Petrosia imperforata Thiele, J. 1899. Studien über pazifische Spongien. II. Ueber einige Spongien von Celebes. Zoologica (New York) 24: 1-33 pls 1-5 [20].
Type data:
Holotype NHMB Tr. Präp. 27 dry (egaz - Indonesia), Kema, Sulawesi (as Celebes), Indonesia [3°50'39"S 137°40'49"E].
Paratype(s) ZMB 2888 fragment of type, slide; BMNH 1908.9.24.189 wet fragment of type.Secondary source:
Forcart, L. 1966. Katalog der Typusexemplare in den Porifera- und Coelenterata-Sammlungen des Naturhistorischen Museums zu Basel. Verhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel 77(1): 82-86 [83] (for NHMB). - Petrosia cancellata Thiele, J. 1903. Kieselschwämme von Ternate. II. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 25: 933-968 pl. 28 [938].
Type data:
Holotype ZMB 3154 5 slides (egaz), Ternate, Indonesia [0°47'06"N 127°22'12"E]. - Petrosia densissima 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] [junior homonym of Petrosia similis densissima Wilson, 1904].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1907.2.1.40 wet (egaz), off Galle, Sri Lanka [8°23'31"N 80°11'24"E]. - Petrosia nigricans irregularis Hentschel, E. 1912. Kiesel- und Hornschwämme der Aru- und Kai Inseln. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 34: 294-448 pls 13-21 [405].
Type data:
Holotype SMF 975 wet (egaz - Arafura and Indonesia), 18 m, Sungai Barkai, Aru Ils, Arafura Sea, Indonesia [9°00'S 133°00'E, 3°50'39"S 137°40'49"E]. - Petrosia mammiformis 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 [36].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1921.11.7.27 only one found, wet (=CXXIV.2 - egaz), 145 m, Salomon Is., Chagos Archipelago, Indian Ocean [5°26'34"S 72°13'08"E, 6°19'15"S 72°40'19"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] [328]
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
W coast, WA; Houtman Abrolhos, also Indian Ocean, Indo-Malayan region and Red Sea.
IMCRA
Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Central Western Transition (5)
Ecological Descriptors
Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.
Extra Ecological Information
Depth subtidal–245 m.
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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29-Mar-2018 | 15-Dec-2011 | MOVED | ||
29-Mar-2018 | 13-Apr-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |