Species Polymastia crassa Carter, 1886
- Polymastia bicolor crassa Carter, H.J. 1886. Description of sponges from the neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads, South Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 17: 40-53, 112-127 [120].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH 1886.12.15.39 wet (NMV photos 34/8,9, =AM G2748 slide), Port Phillip Heads, VIC [38°07'S 144°48'E].
Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1886.12.15.95 wet, 3 specimens (NMV photo 34/10); BMNH 1886.12.15.132 wet (NMV photo 34/13); BMNH 1887.7.11.29 dry (=AM G2933 slide); BMNH 1886.12.15.29a–39a 2 slides 2/6.
Distribution
States
Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from type locality.
IMCRA
Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)
Ecological Descriptors
Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.
General References
Kelly-Borges, M. & Bergquist, P.R. 1997. Revision of southwest Pacific Polymastiidae (Porifera: Demospongiae: Hadromerida) with descriptions of new species of Polymastia Bowerbank, Tylexocladus Topsent, and Acanthopolymastia gen.nov. from New Zealand and the Norfolk Ridge, New Caledonia. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 31: 367-402 [385] (sibling species of P. pepo Kelly-Borges & Bergquist, 1997, from New Zealand)
Wiedenmayer, F. 1989. Demospongiae (Porifera) from northern Bass Strait (Shelf of Southern Australia). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 50(1): 1-242 [32]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29-Mar-2018 | 15-Dec-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 29-Mar-2018 | 02-May-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |