Species Pione vastifica (Hancock, 1849)
- Cliona vastifica Hancock, A. 1849. On the excavating powers of certain sponges belonging to the genus Cliona, with descriptions of several new species, and an allied generic form. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 2 3: 321-348 pls 12-15 [237].
Type data:
Syntype(s) HMNT 4.16.36-39 slides, Firth of Forth, Scotland [56°07'48"N 2°54'00"W].
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
NE Atlantic, Caribbean, Mediterranean, central west Pacific, W Indian Ocean.
Introduced from [country unknown] via shells of edible oysters.
IMCRA
Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, filter-feeder, sessile.
Extra Ecological Information
Excavates shells of edible oysters, producing substantial structural damage to shell.
General References
Hartman, W.D. 1958. Natural history of the marine sponges of southern New England. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 12: 1-155 pls 1-12 [21]
Rützler, K. & Stone, S.M. 1986. Discovery and significance of Albany Hancock's microscope preparations of excavating sponges (Porifera: Hadromerida: Clionidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 99(4): 658-675 [667] (redescription of species from type material)
Schönberg, C.H.L. 2001. Induced colonization of corals by a clionid bioeroding sponge. Coral Reefs 20: 69-76 [69]
Wesche, S.J., Adlard, R.D. & Hooper, J.N.A. 1997. The first incidence of clionid sponges (Porifera) from the Sydney rock oyster Saccostrea commercialis (Iredale and Roughley, 1933). Aquaculture 157: 173-180 (listed in this article)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 29-Mar-2018 | 15-Dec-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 29-Mar-2018 | 13-Apr-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |