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Species Leiosella arbuscula (Lendenfeld, 1889)

  • Phyllospongia (Spongionella) arbuscula Lendenfeld, R. von 1889. Die Verwandtschaftsverhältnisse der Hornschwämme. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 4: 1-93 [26] [current status uncertain, possibly a Leiosella, see Bergquist, P.R. 1980. A revision of the supraspecific classification of the orders Dictyoceratida, Dendroceratida and Verongida (Class Demospongiae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 7: 443–503 figs 1–25 pls (454), but type material overlooked; initially described in key; subsequently described in Lendenfeld, R. von 1889. A Monograph of the Horny Sponges. London : Trübner & Co. 936 pp. 17 figs 50 pls. (190, pl. 5 fig. 2, pl. 6 fig. 8, pl. 7 fig. 1)].
    Type data:
     Lectotype BMNH 1886.8.27.44 dry (NMV photos 53/5,6, =AM G3718 slide - egaz), W Australia [25°00'S 122°00'E].
    Paralectotype(s) BMNH unregistered dry, Bowerbank Collection, (a Hippospongia - egaz), Bahamas [24°33'58"N 78°03'47"W].

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Unknown.


Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
29-Mar-2018 15-Dec-2011 MOVED
29-Mar-2018 02-May-2011 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)