Species Phyllospongia alcicornis (Esper, 1794)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Spongia alcicornis Esper, E.J.C. 1794. Fortsetzungen der Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet, nebst Beschreibungen. Nürnberg : Raspe Vol. 1 230 pp. 104 pls.

  Type data:

   Neotype MNHN Paris Z4965, locality unknown.

 

Generic Combinations

• Phyllospongia alcicornis (Esper, 1794).

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Ningaloo and Flinders Reef.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Intertidal–5 m.

 

General References

Bergquist, P.R., Ayling, A.M. & Wilkinson, C.R. 1988. Foliose Dictyoceratida of the Australian Great Barrier Reef. 1. Taxonomy and Phylogenetic relationships. Pubblicazioni della Stazione Zoologica di Napoli I: Marine Ecology 9(4): 291-320 [309]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
03-Mar-2022	DEMOSPONGIAE Sollas, 1885	10-Aug-2021	MODIFIED
29-Mar-2018		15-Dec-2011	MOVED
29-Mar-2018		02-May-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)