Species Sarcotragus australis (Lendenfeld, 1888)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Hircinia australis Lendenfeld, R. von 1888. Descriptive Catalogue of the Sponges in the Australian Museum, Sydney. London : Taylor & Francis 260 pp. 12 pls. [180].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) AM G8884 d ry (NMV photo 1/16 - egaz), Port Jackson, NSW [33°51'S 151°15'E]; AM Z521 wet (not found - egaz), Port Jackson, NSW [33°51'S 151°15'E]; BMNH 1886.8.27.364 wet (as Hirciniopsis, =AM G3786 slide - egaz), Port Jackson, NSW [33°51'S 151°15'E]; ZMB 6720 2 slides (egaz), Port Jackson, NSW [33°51'S 151°15'E].
• Hircinia (Sarcotragus) arbuscula Lendenfeld, R. von 1889. Die Verwandtschaftsverhältnisse der Hornschwämme. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 4: 1-93 [62] [in key; described in Lendenfeld, R. von 1889. A Monograph of the Horny Sponges. London : Trübner & Co. 936 pp. 17 figs 50 pls. (571)].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH unregistered dry (ex Carter, J.B. Wilson Collection, not found, =AM 2846 slide), Port Phillip Bay, VIC; 30 m, Port Jackson, NSW; BMNH 1886.8.27.376 wet (=BMNH 1886.8.27.377 slide - egaz), Port Phillip Bay, VIC; 30 m, Port Jackson, NSW [38°07'S 144°48'E, 33°51'S 151°15'E].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Bergquist, P.R. 1980. A revision of the supraspecific classification of the orders Dictyoceratida, Dendroceratida and Verongida (Class Demospongiae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 7: 443-503 figs 1-25 pls [466]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Port Jackson, Tuggerah Beach, Port Phillip Bay.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 20–40 m.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
29-Mar-2018		15-Dec-2011	MOVED
29-Mar-2018		13-Apr-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)