Species Spheciospongia australis (Lendenfeld, 1888)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Spirastrella australis Lendenfeld, R. von 1888. Descriptive Catalogue of the Sponges in the Australian Museum, Sydney. London : Taylor & Francis 260 pp. 12 pls. [57].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) AM G8621 wet (NMV photo 30/12), Port Jackson, NSW [36°29'31"S 175°20'16"E]; AM G8617 wet (NMV photo 30/12); AM G9099 wet (NMV photo 30/10,11); AM Z1493 wet (NMV photo 30/8,9); AM 6 unregistered fragments (of types?) wet (from 1493?, NMV photo 30/13); BMNH 1886.8.27.530 wet (as Cliona, =AM G3382 slide)); ZMB 7076 1 slide, Port Jackson [36°29'31"S 175°20'16"E]; BMNH unregistered slide ex AM 2/18.

 

Generic Combinations

• Spheciospongia australis (Lendenfeld, 1888). —
  van Soest, R. 2011. Spheciospongia australis (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=170529 on 2012-01-10. http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=170529 (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)