Species Phorbas tenuispiculatus (Dendy, 1896)

Museums

Plumohalichondria tenuispiculata Dendy, A. 1896. Catalogue of non-calcareous sponges collected by J. Bracebridge Wilson, Esq., M.A., in the neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads. Part 2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 8: 14-51 [44].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1902.10.18.362 slide (specimen presently missing), outside Port Phillip Heads, VIC.
Type locality references:
Wilson, J. Bracebridge 1895. List of dredging stations at and near Port Phillip Heads. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 7: 261-263 (station XB).
Secondary source:
Ayling, A.L., Stone, S. & Smith, B.J. 1982. Catalogue of types of sponge species from Southern Australia described by Arthur Dendy. Reports of the National Museum of Victoria 1: 97-109 [106].

Known only from type locality.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

Bass Strait Shelf Province (35)

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Depth 46–57 m.

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	Action Date	Action Type
29-Mar-2018	15-Dec-2011	MOVED
29-Mar-2018	13-Apr-2011	MODIFIED
	12-Feb-2010	(import)