Species Sigmaxinella australiana Dendy, 1897

Museums

Regional Maps

• Sigmaxinella australiana 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 [240].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) NMV G2291 dry (=BMNH 1902.10.18.405 slide), 35–36 m, in and outside Port Phillip Heads, VIC; NMV G2292 wet (=BMNH 1902.10.18.406 slide), 35–36 m, in and outside Port Phillip Heads, VIC; NMV G2293 wet (=BMNH 1902.10.18.407 slide), 35–36 m, in and outside Port Phillip Heads, VIC; NMV G2294 wet (=AM G2705 slide), 35–36 m, in and outside Port Phillip Heads, VIC; NMV G2295 wet (=BMNH 1902.10.18.408 slide), 35–36 m, in and outside Port Phillip Heads, VIC; BMNH 1902.10.18.73 slide only, 35–36 m, in and outside Port Phillip Heads, VIC.

  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 [101].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Maroubra Bay, Port Phillip Heads and 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 36 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)