Species Sphenopus marsupialis (Gmelin, 1791)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Sabella marsupialis Gmelin J.F. 1791. Caroli a Linné. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Lipsiae : Georg. Emanuel. Beer Vermes. Vol. 1(Part 6) pp. 3021–3910. [officially regarded by the ICZN Opinion 296 (26 Oct 1954) as the 13th edition of Systema Naturae] [3751].

  Secondary source:

   Burnett, W.J., Benzie, J.A.H., Beardmore, J.A. & Ryland, J.S. 1997. Zoanthids (Anthozoa, Hexacorallia) from the Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait, Australia: systematics, evolution and a key to species. Coral Reefs 16: 55-68.

 

Generic Combinations

• Sphenopus marsupialis (Gmelin, 1791). —
  Steenstrup, J.J.S. 1856. Forhandlinger og dets Medlemmers Arbeider i Aaret 1856. Oversigt over det K. Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Forhandlinger. Kjøbenhavn 1856: 37–47 [43, 47]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indian Ocean (Bay of Bengal; Andaman Sea), Japan, Philippine Islands.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Aug-2022	ZOANTHIDEA Gray, 1840	13-Aug-2013	ADDED	Dr Bronwen Scott
05-Aug-2022		03-Jun-2012	MOVED
05-Aug-2022		28-Jul-2010	MODIFIED
		13-Jul-2010	MODIFIED