Species Phoriospongia squalida (Lendenfeld, 1888)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Thorecta squalidus Lendenfeld, R. von 1888. Descriptive Catalogue of the Sponges in the Australian Museum, Sydney. London : Taylor & Francis 260 pp. 12 pls. [148] [type series composite].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) AM G8863 dry (Port Phillip, NMV photos 7/35,36), Port Phillip Bay, VIC; NT; Port Jackson, NSW; (WA; Armstrong Bay, VIC; Tasmania; Mauritius?); ZMB 1199 3 slides, WA; ZMB 2291 4 slides, Armstrong Bay, SW VIC; BMNH 1886.8.27.125 dry, –126, slide, Mauritius?; BMNH 1886.8.27.127 dry, –128, slide, East Coast; BMNH 1886.8.27.245 dry, –246, slide (=AM G3681 (slide) (NMV photo 50/13), Port Jackson; BMNH 1886.8.27.247 wet (=AM G3681 slide), Port Jackson; BMNH 1887.4.27.88 wet, Port Jackson; ZMB 7172 slide, no locality; BMNH 1869.1.22.5 dry, Tasmania; BMNH 1846.8.19.29 dry; BMNH unregistered dry.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, South Australia, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Port Jackson, Port Phillip Bay, Melbourne and Adelaide.

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), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 20–40 m.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
29-Mar-2018		15-Dec-2011	MOVED
29-Mar-2018		13-Apr-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)