Species Spheciospongia montiformis (Hallmann, 1912)

Museums

Spirastrella montiformis Hallmann, E.F. 1912. Report on the sponges obtained by the F.I.S. Endeavour on the coasts of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Queensland, and Tasmania, 1909–10. Part 1. Zoological (and Biological) Results of the Fishing Experiments carried on by F.I.S. Endeavour 1909-1914 2: 117-300 69 figs pls 21-36 [119].
Type data:
Holotype AM E1540 (NMV photo 29/33,34), 58 m, 11 km E of Double Island Point, QLD [25°56'S 153°18'E].
Paratype(s) AM E1537 (NMV photo 29/32); AM E1538 wet (NMV photo 29/31); AM Z221 dry fragments of types (NMV photo 5/16); AM Z222 dry (NMV photo 5/16); AM Z223 dry (NMV photo 5/14,15); AM Z224 dry (NMV photo 5/14,15); AM Z225 dry (NMV photo 5/14,15).

Spheciospongia montiformis (Hallmann, 1912). —
van Soest, R. 2011. Spheciospongia montiformis (Hallmann, 1912). 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=170544 on 2012-01-10. http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=170544 (checked on 2012-01-10)

Queensland

Known only from type locality.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Depth 59 m.

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	Action Date	Action Type
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)