Species Spheciospongia inconstans (Dendy, 1887)
- Suberites inconstans globosa Dendy, A. 1887. The sponge-fauna of Madras. A report on a collection of sponges obtained in the neighbourhood of Madras by Edgar Thurston, Esq. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 20: 153-165 pls 9-12 [155] [Suberites inconstans a collective name, with no nominotypical subspecies].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1887.7.8.4.2, Rameswaram Is., Gulf of Mannar, India [8°36'39"N 78°35'27"E].Type locality references:
Dendy, A. 1889. Report on a second collection of sponges from the Gulf of Manaar. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6 3: 73-99 pls 3-5 [73]; Dendy, A. 1905. Report on the sponges collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. 57-246 pls 1-16 in Herdman, W.A. (ed.). Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar. London : Royal Society Vol. 3 Suppl. 18. [230]. - Suberites inconstans digitata Dendy, A. 1887. The sponge-fauna of Madras. A report on a collection of sponges obtained in the neighbourhood of Madras by Edgar Thurston, Esq. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 20: 153-165 pls 9-12 [155].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1887.8.4.3, Rameswaram Is., Gulf of Mannar, India [8°36'39"N 78°35'27"E]; BMNH 1887.8.4.4, Rameswaram Is., Gulf of Mannar, India [8°36'39"N 78°35'27"E]; MAD number unknown, Rameswaram Is., Gulf of Mannar, India [8°36'39"N 78°35'27"E]; BMNH 1987.8.4.32–4a 5 slides 2/21 (unregistered), Rameswaram Is., Gulf of Mannar, India [8°36'39"N 78°35'27"E].Type locality references:
Dendy, A. 1889. Report on a second collection of sponges from the Gulf of Manaar. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6 3: 73-99 pls 3-5 [73]; Dendy, A. 1905. Report on the sponges collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. 57-246 pls 1-16 in Herdman, W.A. (ed.). Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar. London : Royal Society Vol. 3 Suppl. 18. [230]. - Suberites inconstans meandrina Dendy, A. 1887. The sponge-fauna of Madras. A report on a collection of sponges obtained in the neighbourhood of Madras by Edgar Thurston, Esq. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 20: 153-165 pls 9-12 [155].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1887.8.4.1., Rameswaram island, Gulf of Mannar, India [8°36'39"N 78°35'27"E].Type locality references:
Dendy, A. 1889. Report on a second collection of sponges from the Gulf of Manaar. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6 3: 73-99 pls 3-5 [73]; Dendy, A. 1905. Report on the sponges collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. 57-246 pls 1-16 in Herdman, W.A. (ed.). Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar. London : Royal Society Vol. 3 Suppl. 18. [230]. - Cliona arndti Laubenfels, M.W. de 1936. A discussion of the sponge fauna of the Dry Tortugas in particular, and the West Indies in general, with material for a revision of the families and orders of the Porifera. (Tortugas Lab. Paper No. 467). Publication of the Carnegie Institution of Washington Washington 30: 1-225 22 pls 1 map [152] [unjustified replacement name for
Suberites inconstans Dendy, supposedly preoccupied by Suberites inconstans Hansen, 1885; de Laubenfels obviously misread Suberites incrustans Hansen].Secondary source:
Burton, M. 1930. Norwegian sponges from the Norman Collection. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1930: 487-546 [536]. - Suberites inconstans Dendy, A. 1887. The sponge-fauna of Madras. A report on a collection of sponges obtained in the neighbourhood of Madras by Edgar Thurston, Esq. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 20: 153-165 pls 9-12.
Generic Combinations
- Spheciospongia inconstans (Dendy, 1887). —
van Soest, R. 2011. Spheciospongia inconstans (Dendy, 1887). In: Van Soest, R.W.M, Boury-Esnault, N., Hooper, J.N.A., Rützler, K, de Voogd, N.J., Alvarez de Glasby, B., Hajdu, E., Pisera, A.B., Manconi, R., Schoenberg, C., Janussen, D., Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M., Picton, B., Kelly, M., Vacelet, J. (2011) World Porifera database. Accessed through: Van Soest, R.W.M, Boury-Esnault, N., Hooper, J.N.A., Rützler, K, de Voogd, N.J., Alvarez de Glasby, B., Hajdu, E., Pisera, A.B., Manconi, R., Schoenberg, C., Janussen, D., Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M., Picton, B., Kelly, M., Vacelet, J. (2011) World Porifera database at http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=170537 on 2012-01-10. http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=170537 (checked on 2012-01-10)
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Batt Reef, Low Isles, Great Barrier Reef; also Indian Ocean and Indo-Malayan region.
IMCRA
Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.
Extra Ecological Information
Depth 0.5–24 m, coral reefs and associated mangroves.
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29-Mar-2018 | DEMOSPONGIAE Sollas, 1885 | 28-Jun-2016 | MODIFIED | ABRS |
| 29-Mar-2018 | 10-Jan-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 29-Mar-2018 | 15-Dec-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 29-Mar-2018 | 13-Apr-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |