Species Rhaphoxya pallida (Dendy, 1897)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Rhaphisia pallida Dendy, A. 1897. Catalogue of non-calcareous sponges collected by J. Bracebridge Wilson, Esq., M.A., in the neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads. Part 3. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 9: 230-259 [257].

  Type data:

   Lectotype NMV G2377 wet (=AM unregistered slide, =BMNH 1925.11.1.1372 slide - egaz), 14–57 m, outside and inside Port Phillip Heads, VIC [38°07'S 144°48'E].
  Paralectotype(s) NMV G2382 wet (=BMNH 1925.11.1.1371 slide); NMV G2378 wet (=AM unregistered slide, =BMNH 1902.10.18.24 slide); NMV G2379 wet (=AM G2667 2 slides); NMV G2380 wet (=BMNH 1925.11.1.1374 slide); NMV G2381 wet (=AM unregistered slide, =BMNH 1925.11.1.1870 slide); NMV G2383 wet (=BMNH 1925.11.1.1373 slide).

  Type locality references:

  Wilson, J. Bracebridge 1895. List of dredging stations at and near Port Phillip Heads. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 7: 261-263 (stations X,XB,1,9).

  Secondary source:

   Ayling, A.L., Stone, S. & Smith, B.J. 1982. Catalogue of types of sponge species from Southern Australia described by Arthur Dendy. Reports of the National Museum of Victoria 1: 97-109 [104].

 

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Port Phillip Heads.

Known only from type locality.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Bass Strait Shelf Province (35)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 14–56 m.

 

General References

Hooper, J.N.A. & Lévi, C. 1993. Axinellida from the New Caledonian lagoon (Porifera: Demospongiae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 7(6): 1395-1472

 

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)