Species Plakina australis (Gray, 1867)
- Achinoe australis Gray, J.E. 1867. Notes on the arrangement of sponges, with the description of some new genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867: 492-558 pls 27-28 [546] [based on Bowerbank, J.S. 1864. A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. London : Ray Society Vol. 1 290 pp. 37 pls. (235–236), single spicules only; possibly a composite species].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1877.5.21.622 (slide), Freemantle, WA [32°03'S 115°46'E].
Paratype(s) BMNH 1877.5.21.622 slide. - Placinolopha spinosa Kirkpatrick, R. 1900. Description of sponges from Funafuti. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 6: 345-362 pls 13-15 [350].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1900.10.19.8 wet + slides, 50–70 m, Funafuti Atoll, Funafati, Tuvalu, W Pacific [8°23'49"S 179°04'40"E]. - Corticium acanthastrum Thomas, P.A. 1968. Studies on Indian sponges–7. Additions to the genus Corticium Schmidt with notes on the distribution of Corticium candelabrum Schmidt. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India 10(2): 260-267 [260].
Type data:
Holotype CMFRI 147, 1.5 m, Palk Bay, India [9°23'56"N 79°42'03"E]. - Plakina acantholopha Thomas, P.A. 1971. Studies on Indian sponges –7. Two new records and a new species of the genus Plakina Schulze (Carnosida: Halinidae) from the Indian region. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India 12: 51-56 [53].
Type data:
Holotype CMFRI 147, 20.2.1967, Palk Bay, India [9°23'56"N 79°42'03"E].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Hooper, J.N.A. in Hooper, J.N.A. & Wiedenmayer, F. 1994. Porifera. pp. 1-620 in Wells, A. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia Vol. 12 xiii 624 pp. [Date published 21/Nov/1994] [342]
Generic Combinations
- Corticium australis (Gray, 1867).
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Freemantle, (Indian Ocean), and also W Pacific.
IMCRA
Southwest Shelf Province (31)
Ecological Descriptors
Unknown.
Extra Ecological Information
Unknown.
General References
Hooper, J.N.A. & Wiedenmayer, F. 1994. Porifera. pp. 1–620 in Wells, A. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia Vol. 12 xiii 624 pp. [Date published 21/Nov/1994] [342] (as Corticium australis (Gray))
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) |