Species Spheciospongia vagabunda (Ridley, 1884)

Museums

Museum list

Regional Maps

Species Spheciospongia vagabunda (Ridley, 1884)

Spirastrella vagabunda Ridley, S.O. 1884. Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of H.M.S. Alert, 1881–1882. Spongiida. (Part 1, Australian sponges). London : British Museum (Natural History) 366-482, pls 39-43. [468].
Type data:

Syntype(s) BMNH 1882.2.23.307 2 specimens, wet, 7–13 m, Thursday and West Ils, Torres Stait [10°35'S 142°13'E and 10°22'S 142°02'E]; BMNH 1882.2.23.243 wet, 7–13 m, Thursday and West Ils, Torres Stait; BMNH 1882.2.23.243a–307a 4 slides 2/20, 7–13 m, Thursday and West Ils, Torres Stait.
Type locality references:
Vosmaer, G.C.J. 1911. The Porifera of the Siboga-Expedition. II. The genus Spirastrella. In Weber, M.W.C. (ed.). Siboga Expéditie Monographie 6A: 1-69 pls 1-14 [14].
Spirastrella vagabunda trincomaliensis Ridley, S.O. 1884. Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of H.M.S. Alert, 1881–1882. Spongiida. (Part 1, Australian sponges). London : British Museum (Natural History) 366-482, pls 39-43. [468].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1877.5.2.1862 dry, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka [8°34'08"N 81°13'58"E].
Paratype(s) BMNH 1877.5.2.1862a slide 2/20; BMNH 1882.8.2.3 2 slides Galle 2/20.
Spirastrella cylindrica Kieschnick, O. 1896. Silicispongiae von Ternate nach den Sammlungen von Herrn Prof. Dr. W. Kükenthal. Zoologischer Anzeiger 19: 526-534 [534].
Type data:
Holotype SMF 1522 wet* (=Spirastrella vagabunda: Thiele, 1900 primary type status doubtful), Ternate, Molucca Sea, Indonesia [0°47'06"N 127°22'12"E].
Spirastrella vagabunda tubulodigitata 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. [123].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1907.2.1.27 wet, Gulf of Mannar, Sri Lanka [8°36'39"N 78°35'27"E].
Paratype(s) BMNH RN154, 218,246, 352 5 slides 2/19.
Spirastrella vagabunda fungoides 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. [124].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1907.2.1.25 wet, Gulf of Mannar, Sri Lanka [8°36'39"N 78°35'27"E].
Paratype(s) BMNH RN54, 253 3 slides 2/19.
Spirastrella vagabunda gallensis 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. [124].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1907.2.1.26 originally wet, now dried (coord for "Galle"), Galle Lagoon, Sri Lanka [6°01'58"N 80°13'04"E].
Paratype(s) BMNH RN178, 179 3 slides 2/19.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Thiele, J. 1900. Kieselschwämme von Ternate. I. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 25: 19-80 pls 2-3 [71, 80 in part]
Wilson, H.V. 1925. Silicious and horny sponges collected by the U.S. Fisheries steamer Albatross during the Philippine Expedition, 1907–10. In Contributions to the biology of the Philippine Archipelago and adjacent regions. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 100(2/4): i-vii 273-532 pls 37-52 [344, resumé in part]
Bergquist, P.R. 1965. The sponges of Micronesia, Part I. The Palau Archipelago. Pacific Science 19: 123-204 34 figs [184]

Generic Combinations

Spheciospongia vagabunda (Ridley, 1884). —
Kelly-Borges, M. 1997. Porifera. Sponges. pp. 106–117 in Richmond, M.D. (Ed). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean Islands. Stockholm, Sweden : Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC pp. 1-448. [108]
Sutcliffe, P.R., Hooper, J.N.A. & Pitcher, C.R. 2010. The most common sponges on the Great Barrer Reef seabed, Australia, include species new to science (Phylum Porifera). Zootaxa 2616: 1-30 [19]
van Soest, R. 2011. Spheciospongia vagabunda (Ridley, 1884). 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=170563 on 2012-01-10. http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=170563 [checked on 2012-01-10] ([checked on 2012-01-10])

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Distributed throughout tropical Australia (from Moreton Bay, Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait, Qld, Darwin region NT, to the Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia).in depths ranging from 14 to 92 m, mainly in habitats dominated by carbonate and sandy substrates. Also recorded from Sri Lanka, Papua New Guinea, Indian Ocean, Philippines, and the Central Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)