Species Spheciospongia ramulosa (Lendenfeld, 1888)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Papillina ramulosa Lendenfeld, R. von 1888. Descriptive Catalogue of the Sponges in the Australian Museum, Sydney. London : Taylor & Francis 260 pp. 12 pls. [59] [caption of pl. 1 fig. 2 as Papillina panis, erroneously as Spirastrella? (Papillina) ramulosa in Hallmann, E.F. 1914. A revision of the monaxonid species described as new in Lendenfeld's ‘Catalogue of the sponges in the Australian Museum’. Part 1. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 39: 263–315 1 fig. pls 15–24].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) AM Z1473 wet (NMV photo 30/31), Port Jackson, NSW [33°51'S 151°15'E]; AM Z1487 wet (NMV photo 30/32), Port Jackson, NSW [33°51'S 151°15'E]; AM Z1471 wet (NMV photo 30/33), Port Jackson, NSW [33°51'S 151°15'E]; AM Z1475 wet (NMV photo 22/3–6), Port Jackson, NSW [33°51'S 151°15'E]; AM Z1469 wet (NMV photo 30/34), Port Jackson, NSW [33°51'S 151°15'E]; AM wet (no register number), Port Jackson, NSW [33°51'S 151°15'E]; BMNH 1886.8.27.540 wet (=AM G3640 slide), Port Jackson, NSW [33°51'S 151°15'E]; ZMB 1127 4 slides, Port Jackson, NSW [33°51'S 151°15'E]; BMNH 1886.8.27540a, 1954.2.12.16 2 slides 2/23, Port Jackson, NSW [33°51'S 151°15'E]; BMNH unregistered 2 slides 2/23, Port Jackson, NSW [33°51'S 151°15'E].

  Secondary source:

   Hallmann, E.F. 1914. A revision of the monaxonid species described as new in Lendenfeld's 'Catalogue of the sponges in the Australian Museum'. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 39(Part 1): 263–315 1 fig. pls 15–24 [297].

 

Generic Combinations

• Spheciospongia ramulosa (Lendenfeld, 1888). —
  van Soest, R. 2011. Spheciospongia ramulosa (Lendenfeld, 1888). 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=170553 on 2012-01-10. http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=170553 (checked on 2012-01-10)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
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)