Species Holopsamma arborea (Lendenfeld, 1888)
- Plectispa arborea Lendenfeld, R. von 1888. Descriptive Catalogue of the Sponges in the Australian Museum, Sydney. London : Taylor & Francis 260 pp. 12 pls. [226] [not [Clathria (Plectispa) arborea] sensu Whitelegge, 1901].
Type data:
Holotype AM Z946 dry (NMV photo 1/6 (=AM G9160, ZMB 2264, slides) - egaz), Illawarra, NSW [37°04'S 142°42'E].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Widely distributed in temperate coastal waters; Illawarra, Sydney, NSW; Westernport Bay, VIC; Bicheno, TAS; Kangaroo Is., SA; Houtman Abrolhos, Barrow Is., WA.
IMCRA
Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)
Ecological Descriptors
Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.
Extra Ecological Information
Shallow subtidal to 50m depth; rocky reefs.
General References
Fromont, J. 1999. Demosponges of the Houtman Abrolhos. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 44: 175-184 [180] (Listed in this article)
Hooper, J.N.A. 1996. Revision of Microcionidae (Porifera: Poecilosclerida: Demospongiae), with description of Australian species. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 40: 1-626 [Date published 01/06/1996] [486]
Roberts, D.E., Cummins, S.P., Davis, A.R. & Pangway, C. 1999. Evidence for symbiotic algae in sponges from temperate coastal reefs in New South Wales, Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 44: 493-498 [495] (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) |