Species Rhabdastrella globostellata Carter, 1883

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• Rhabdastrella globostellata Carter, H.J. 1883. Contributions to our knowledge of the Spongida. Pachytragida. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 11: 344-369 pls 14-15 [353].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1882.2.23.276 'wet', Prince of Wales Channel, Torres Strait [42°51'S 147°55'E].

  Secondary source:

   Kennedy, J.A. 2000. Resolving the 'Jaspis stellifer' complex. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 45(2): 453-476 [469].
• Stelletinopsis carteri Ridley, S.O. 1884. Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of H.M.S. Alert, 1881–1882. Spongiida. (Part 1, Australian sponges). London : British Museum (Natural History) 366-482, pls 39-43. [476].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1882.2.23.276 wet -276a (slide 1/23), 9-13m, Prince of Wales, Torres Strait.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Transition (15), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Aquatic, coral reef, filter-feeder.

General References

Fromont, J. 2003. Porifera (Sponges) in the Dampier Archipelago: Taxonomic affinities and biogeography. Proceedings of the Twelfth International Marine Biological Workshop. The Marine Flora and Fauna of Dampier, Western Australia. 405-417 pp. [409] (Listed in this article)

Hooper, J.N.A. & Kennedy, J.A. 2002. Small-scale patterns of sponge biodiversity (Porifera) on Sunshine Coast reefs, eastern Australia. Invertebrate Systematics 16(4): 637-653 [640] (Listed in this article)

Kennedy, J.A. 2000. Resolving the 'Jaspis stellifer' complex. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 45(2): 453-476 [469]

Nevalainen, T.J., Quinn, R.J. & Hooper, J.N.A. 2004. Phospholipase A2 in Porifera. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 137(B): 413-420 [415] (Listed in this article)

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