Species Stelletta purpurea Ridley, 1884
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1882.2.23.289 wet, 7–11 m, Prince of Wales Channel, Thursday Is. and West Is., Torres Strait; 13–22 m, Darwin, NT; 58–66 m, Arafura Sea [10°30'S 142°15'E, 10°35'S 142°13'E and 10°22'S 142°02'E, 10°25'S 142°10'E, 12°28'S 130°50'E, 9°00']; BMNH 1882.2.23.290 wet, 7–11 m, Prince of Wales Channel, Thursday Is. and West Is., Torres Strait; 13–22 m, Darwin, NT; 58–66 m, Arafura Sea [10°30'S 142°15'E, 10°35'S 142°13'E and 10°22'S 142°02'E, 10°25'S 142°10'E, 12°28'S 130°50'E]; BMNH 1882.2.23.311 wet, 7–11 m, Prince of Wales Channel, Thursday Is. and West Is., Torres Strait; 13–22 m, Darwin, NT; 58–66 m, Arafura Sea [10°30'S 142°15'E, 10°35'S 142°13'E and 10°22'S 142°02'E, 10°25'S 142°10'E, 12°28'S 130°50'E]; BMNH 1882.2.23.275 wet, 7–11 m, Prince of Wales Channel, Thursday Is. and West Is., Torres Strait; 13–22 m, Darwin, NT; 58–66 m, Arafura Sea [10°30'S 142°15'E, 10°35'S 142°13'E and 10°22'S 142°02'E, 10°25'S 142°10'E, 12°28'S 130°50'E']; BMNH 1882.2.23.292 wet, 7–11 m, Prince of Wales Channel, Thursday Is. and West Is., Torres Strait; 13–22 m, Darwin, NT; 58–66 m, Arafura Sea [10°30'S 142°15'E, 10°35'S 142°13'E and 10°22'S 142°02'E, 10°25'S 142°10'E, 12°28'S 130°50'E]; BMNH 1882.2.23.325 wet, 7 slides 1/45, 7–11 m, Prince of Wales Channel, Thursday Is. and West Is., Torres Strait; 13–22 m, Darwin, NT; 58–66 m, Arafura Sea [10°30'S 142°15'E, 10°35'S 142°13'E and 10°22'S 142°02'E, 10°25'S 142°10'E, 12°28'S 130°50'E].- Stelletta purpurea parvistella Ridley, S.O. 1884. Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the Voyage of H.M.S. Alert, 1881–2. Part II. Collections from the western Indian Ocean. Spongiida. London : British Museum (Natural History) 582-630 pls 53-54. [627].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1882.10.17.111c wet, Providence Reef, Mascarene Ils, Indian Ocean [22°15'53"S 56°21'21"E]. - Stelletta purpurea retroflexa Ridley, S.O. 1884. Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of H.M.S. Alert, 1881–1882. Spongiida. (Part 1, Australian sponges). London : British Museum (Natural History) 366-482, pls 39-43. [473].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1882.2.23.289, 13 m, West Is., Torres Strait [10°22'S 142°02'E]. - Pilochrota cingalensis Sollas, W.J. 1886. Preliminary account of the tetractinellid sponges dredged by H.M.S. Challenger, 1872–1876. Part 1. The Choristida. Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society ns 5: 177-199 [180].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH, Galle, Sri Lanka [6°01'58"N 80°13'04"E]. - Pilochrota haeckeli Sollas, W.J. 1886. Preliminary account of the tetractinellid sponges dredged by H.M.S. Challenger, 1872–1876. Part 1. The Choristida. Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society ns 5: 177-199 [189].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH, Zamboanga, Philippines [6°54'21"N 122°04'08"E].
Paratype(s) ZMB fragment of type. - Myriastra simplicifurca Sollas, W.J. 1886. Preliminary account of the tetractinellid sponges dredged by H.M.S. Challenger, 1872–1876. Part 1. The Choristida. Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society ns 5: 177-199 [189].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1889.1.1.44 wet, 15 m, Torres Strait [10°25'S 142°10'E].
Paratype(s) ZMB fragment of type. - Pilochrota longancora Sollas, W.J. 1886. Preliminary account of the tetractinellid sponges dredged by H.M.S. Challenger, 1872–1876. Part 1. The Choristida. Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society ns 5: 177-199 [190].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1889.1.1.55, 5–20 m, Torres Strait [10°25'S 142°10'E].
Paratype(s) ZMB fragment of type. - Pilochrota lendenfeldi Sollas, W.J. 1888. Report on the Tetractinellida collected by H.M.S. Challenger, during the years 1873–1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 25(63): clxvi 1-458 44 pls 1 map [134].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1889.1.1.58 wet–58a, slide 1/40, 69 m, Bass Strait (39º10´30˜S 143º37´E) [39°20'S 145°30'E].
Paratype(s) ZMB fragment of holotype. - Stelletta reniformis Kieschnick, O. 1896. Silicispongiae von Ternate nach den Sammlungen von Herrn Prof. Dr. W. Kükenthal. Zoologischer Anzeiger 19: 526-534 [528].
Type data:
Status unknown, SMF (probably lost), Ternate, Indonesia [0°47'06"N 127°22'12"E]. - Stelletta inconspicua Thiele, J. 1898. Studien über pazifische Spongien. I. Zoologica (New York) 24: 1-72 pls 1-8 [17].
Type data:
Holotype ZMB (not found (coords for Hokkaido?)), Japan (no locality) [43°38'27"N 143°17'20"E]. - Stelletta (Pilochrota) brunnea Thiele, J. 1900. Kieselschwämme von Ternate. I. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 25: 19-80 pls 2-3 [24].
Type data:
Syntype(s) SMF 611T wet, Ternate, Indonesia [0°47'06"N 127°22'12"E]; BMNH 1908.9.24.82 fragment of type, Ternate, Indonesia [0°47'06"N 127°22'12"E]. - Stelletta (Myriastra) ternatensis Thiele, J. 1900. Kieselschwämme von Ternate. I. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 25: 19-80 pls 2-3 [26].
Type data:
Syntype(s) SMF 672T wet, Ternate, Indonesia [0°47'06"N 127°22'12"E]; ZMB 3165 4 slides, Ternate, Indonesia [0°47'06"N 127°22'12"E]. - Stelletta renilla Lendenfeld, R. von 1903. Tetraxonia. In Schulze, F.E. (ed.) Das Tierreich. Berlin : Friedländer Lf 19 168 pp. 44 figs. [44] [doubtful nom. nud. for
Stelletta reniformis Kieschnick, 1898, a junior homonym of Stelletta reniformis Kieschnick, 1896].Type data:
Holotype PMJ (not found), Thursday Is., or Ambon, Indonesia [10°35'S 142°13'E, 3°50'39"S 137°40'49"E]. - Pilochrota hornelli Dendy, A. 1905. Report on the sponges collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. 57-246 pls 1-16 in Herdman, W.A. (ed.). Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar. London : Royal Society Vol. 3 Suppl. 18. [75].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1907.2.1.6 wet, Galle, Sri Lanka [6°01'58"N 80°13'04"E]. - Stelletta nereis Lendenfeld, R. von 1907. Die Tetraxonia. pp. 59–374 pls 9–46 in Chun, C. (ed.) Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer Valdivia 1898–1899. Vol. 11. [276].
Type data:
Holotype ZMB 2603 wet, 1 slide, Mermaid Strait, Dampier, WA [20°40'S 116°30'E]. - Stelletta dolabra Lendenfeld, R. von 1907. Die Tetraxonia. pp. 59–374 pls 9–46 in Chun, C. (ed.) Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer Valdivia 1898–1899. Vol. 11. [278].
Type data:
Holotype ZMB (not found), locality unknown. - Stelletta bougainvillea Lendenfeld, R. von 1907. Die Tetraxonia. pp. 59–374 pls 9–46 in Chun, C. (ed.) Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer Valdivia 1898–1899. Vol. 11. [279].
Type data:
Holotype ZMB 678 wet, 5 slides, Bougainville Is., Solomon Ils [5°55'15"S 154°19'33"E].
Paratype(s) BMNH 1908.2.9.143–144 slides. - Stelletta tuberosa Hentschel, E. 1909. Tetraxonida. 347-402 pls 22-23 1. Teil. in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : G. Fischer Vol. 2 (21). [353] [junior homonym of Stelletta tuberosa (Topsent, 1892)].
Type data:
Holotype ZMH, beach, Champion Bay, near Geraldton, WA [28°44'S 114°36'E]. - Stelletta purpurea grisea Hentschel, E. 1909. Tetraxonida. 347-402 pls 22-23 1. Teil. in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : G. Fischer Vol. 2 (21). [355].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZMH, 7–8 m, NW of Middle Bluff, Shark Bay, WA [25°48'S 113°27'E]; ZMB 4256 fragment, 7–8 m, NW of Middle Bluff, Shark Bay, WA [25°48'S 113°27'E]; BMNH 1925.11.1.1117 slide (ex ZMH 1500 1/45), 7–8 m, NW of Middle Bluff, Shark Bay, WA [25°48'S 113°27'E]. - Pilochrota parva Row, R.W.H. 1911. Report on the sponges collected by Mr. Cyril Crossland, 1904–5. Part II. Non-Calcarea. In Reports on the marine biology of the Sudanese Red Sea XIX. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology Zool. 31: 287-400 pls 35-41 [293].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH (coords for Suez Bay), Suez, Red Sea [29°45'21"N 32°28'37"E]. - Stelletta tuber Hentschel, E. 1912. Kiesel- und Hornschwämme der Aru- und Kai Inseln. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 34: 294-448 pls 13-21 [310] [nom. nov. for
Stelletta tuberosa Hentschel, 1909].Type data:
Syntype(s). - Stelletta pilula major Lebwohl, F. 1914. Japanische Tetraxonida. III. Euastrosa und IV. Sterrastrosa. Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo 35(5): 1-170 pls [16].
Type data:
Holotype ZMB, Sagami Sea and Doketsba, Japan [no coords available for Sagami or Doketsba]. - Stelletta pilula media Lebwohl, F. 1914. Japanische Tetraxonida. III. Euastrosa und IV. Sterrastrosa. Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo 35(5): 1-170 pls [16].
Type data:
Holotype ZMB, Sagami Sea and Doketsba, Japan [no coords available for Sagami or Doketsba]. - Stelletta pilula minor Lebwohl, F. 1914. Japanische Tetraxonida. III. Euastrosa und IV. Sterrastrosa. Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo 35(5): 1-170 pls [16].
Type data:
Holotype ZMB, Sagami Sea, Doketsba, Japan [no coords available for Sagami or Doketsba]. - Myriastra biformis Brøndsted, H.V. 1924. Sponges from New Zealand. Part I. In Mortensen, T. (ed.) Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition, 1914–16. XXIII. Vidensk. Meddr. Dansk Naturh. Foren. Kbh. 77: 435–483. [435].
Type data:
Holotype ZMUC (no coords for New Plymouth), 15 m, off New Plymouth, New Zealand [27°34'19"S 177°59'49"E].Secondary source:
Bergquist, P.R. 1968. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Porifera, Demospongiae, Part 1 (Tetractinomorpha and Lithistida). Bulletin of the New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research 188: 1-105 15 pls 30 figs [11].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Burton, M. 1926. Stelletta purpurea Ridley, and its variations. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 18: 44-49 [45]
- Bergquist, P.R. 1968. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Porifera, Demospongiae, Part 1 (Tetractinomorpha and Lithistida). Bulletin of the New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research 188: 1-105 15 pls 30 figs [45]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)
Ecological Descriptors
Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.
Extra Ecological Information
Depth subtidal–486 m.
General References
Thiele, J. 1900. Kieselschwämme von Ternate. I. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 25: 19-80 pls 2-3 [31]
Thiele, J. 1903. Kieselschwämme von Ternate. II. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 25: 933-968 pl. 28 [963]
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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| 29-Mar-2018 | 13-Apr-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |