Species Phyllospongia fissurella Laubenfels, 1948

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• Phyllospongia (Spongionella) fissurata Lendenfeld, R. von 1889. Die Verwandtschaftsverhältnisse der Hornschwämme. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 4: 1-93 [26] [in key; secondary junior homonym of Spongia fissurata Lamarck, 1814; described and figured in Lendenfeld, R. von 1889. A Monograph of the Horny Sponges. London : Trübner & Co. 936 pp. 17 figs 50 pls. (186, pl. 15 fig. 4)].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1852.12.9.1 dry Bowerbank Collection, unknown (West Coast see von Lendenfeld (1889: 186), but specimen label has no locality).

  Type locality references:

  Lendenfeld, R. von 1889. A Monograph of the Horny Sponges. London : Trübner & Co. 936 pp. 17 figs 50 pls.
• Phyllospongia fissurella Laubenfels, M.W. de 1948. The order Keratosa of the phylum Porifera. A monographic study. Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation 3: 1-217 31 figs 30 pls [53] [nom. nov. for Phyllospongia (Spongiella) fissurata Lendenfeld, 1889].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s).

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Wahab, M.A.A., Wilson, N.G., Prada, D., Gomez, O. & Fromont, J. 2020. Molecular and morphological assessment of tropical sponges in the subfamily Phyllospongiinae, with the descriptions of two new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 1–37

Generic Combinations

• Carteriospongia fissurella (Laubenfels, 1948). —
  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

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Exact locality unknown; 'West Coast'.

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

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