Species Pseudoceratina purpurea (Carter, 1880)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Aplysina purpurea Carter, H.J. 1880. Report on specimens dredged up from the Gulf of Manaar and presented to the Liverpool Free Museum by Capt. W.H. Cawne Warren. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 6: 35-61, 129-156 pls 4-8 [36] [the neotype designation in Burton, M. 1934. Sponges. Science Reports of the Geat Barrier Reef Expedition 4: 513–621 pls 1–2 (594) may be invalid because original type material is extant, the case needs to be referred to the ICZN for ruling].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1877.5.21.1858 dry (Trincomalee, =BMNH 1954.3.9.641 fragment of type), Gulf of Manaar, India; Trincomalee, Sri Lanka; LFM (destroyed 1941, Gulf of Mannar), Gulf of Manaar, India; Trincomalee, Sri Lanka; BMNH 1954.3.9.38 slide (cannot be collated with either syntype), Gulf of Manaar, India; Trincomalee, Sri Lanka.

  Secondary source:

   Stone, S.M. 1986. Index to Important Sponge Collections. Autumn 1986. London : British Museum (Natural History) Vol. 47. [25].
• Psammaplysilla arabica Keller, C. 1889. Die Spongienfauna des rothen Meeres (1. Hälfte). Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie 48: 311-405 pls 20-25 [358].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) ZMUZ 124 450 wet, 4–10 m, Suakin, Red Sea; 4–10 m, Suakin, Red Sea.
• Druinella ramosa Thiele, J. 1899. Studien über pazifische Spongien. II. Ueber einige Spongien von Celebes. Zoologica (New York) 24: 1-33 pls 1-5 [24].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) ZMB 2902 wet, 6 slides, off Kema, Minahasa, northern Sulawesi (as Celebes); NHMB Alk. Präp. 43 wet, off Kema, Minahasa, northern Sulawesi (as Celebes); BMNH 1930.7.1.6 slide, off Kema, Minahasa, northern Sulawesi (as Celebes).

  Secondary source:

   Forcart, L. 1966. Katalog der Typusexemplare in den Porifera- und Coelenterata-Sammlungen des Naturhistorischen Museums zu Basel. Verhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel 77(1): 82-86 [85].
• Psammaplysilla kelleri Wilson, H.V. 1925. Silicious and horny sponges collected by the U.S. Fisheries steamer Albatross during the Philippine Expedition, 1907–10. In Contributions to the biology of the Philippine Archipelago and adjacent regions. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 100(2/4): i-vii 273-532 pls 37-52 [488].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 21291, Togian Bay, Togian Is., Sulawesi (as Celebes), Indonesia.
  Paratype(s) USNM 21291, Togian Bay, Togian Is., Sulawesi (as Celebes), Indonesia.
• Hexadella pleochromata Laubenfels, M.W. de 1950. The sponges of Kaneohe Bay, Oahu. Pacific Science 4(1): 3-36 [10].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) USNM 22748, 1–2 m, Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, Hawaii: 50 m, South of Pearl Harbour.
• Druinella tyrois Laubenfels, M.W. de 1954. The sponges of the West-Central Pacific. Oregon State Monographs. Studies in Zoology 7: 1-306 pls 1-12 [27].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) USNM 23052, 5 m, Ponapé, Caroline Ils, Micronesia.
• Thorectopsamma xana Laubenfels, M.W. de 1954. The sponges of the West-Central Pacific. Oregon State Monographs. Studies in Zoology 7: 1-306 pls 1-12 [32].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) USNM 23000, low tide–5 m, Likiep, Ailinglaplap, Majuro, Ebon, Bikini and Eniwetok Atolls, Marshall Ils; 4 m, Truk, Caroline Ils; 1.5 m, Iwaigrawa? Bay, Palaus (holotype locality not specified by author); USNM 22948; USNM 22828; USNM 22954; USNM 22994; USNM 22996; USNM 22864; USNM 23089; USNM 23128.
• Dendrilla verongiformis Laubenfels, M.W. de 1954. The sponges of the West-Central Pacific. Oregon State Monographs. Studies in Zoology 7: 1-306 pls 1-12 [45].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) USNM 23104, 2 m, Iwayama Bay, Koror, Palau Archipelago, Caroline Ils, Micronesia.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Bergquist, P.R. 1965. The sponges of Micronesia, Part I. The Palau Archipelago. Pacific Science 19: 123-204 34 figs [135]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

NW Shelf, Low Isles, Thalamita Flat, Mangrove Park, North-East Moat, also Cape Boileau/Red Sea, Indian Ocean, Indo-Malayan region, W and central Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth intertidal waters–50 m.

 

General References

Hooper, J.N.A., List-Armitage, S.E., Kennedy, J.A., Cook, S.D. & Valentine, C.A. 1999. Sponges of the Low Isles, Great Barrier Reef: an important scientific site, or a case of mistaken identity? Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 44: 249-262 [260] (Referred to in this article as 'Druinella' purpurea)

 

History of changes

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29-Mar-2018		13-Apr-2011	MODIFIED
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