Species Spongia (Spongia) hispida Lamarck, 1814

Museums

Regional Maps

• Spongia hispida Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de Monet 1814. Sur les polypiers empâtés. Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 20: 294-312, 370-386, 432-458 [452].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MNHN Paris LBIM DT631, Southern Seas (Péron and Lesueur Collection, hence Australia probable).
  Paralectotype(s) MNHN Paris, unregistered.

  Secondary source:

   Topsent, E. 1933. Eponges de Lamarck conservées au Muséum de Paris. Fin. Archives du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 6 10: 1-60 5 figs pls 1-3 [1].
• Euspongia irregularis Lendenfeld, R. von 1885. A monograph of the Australian sponges. Part 6. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 10: 481-553 pls 36-38 [485] [collective name for 10 varieties, no typical (nominate) variety designated].
• Euspongia irregularis jacksonia Lendenfeld, R. von 1885. A monograph of the Australian sponges. Part 6. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 10: 481-553 pls 36-38 [485].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1886.8.27.334 wet (=AM G3703 slide - egaz), 10–20 m, Port Jackson, NSW [33°51'S 151°15'E]; ZMB 1192 3 slides (egaz), 10–20 m, Port Jackson, NSW [33°51'S 151°15'E]; ZMB 10422 slide (egaz), 10–20 m, Port Jackson, NSW [33°51'S 151°15'E]; AM 497, 498 wet (also labelled 'Hippospongia reticulata', NMV photos 14/17–20 - egaz), 10–20 m, Port Jackson, NSW [33°51'S 151°15'E].
• Euspongia irregularis silicata Lendenfeld, R. von 1885. A monograph of the Australian sponges. Part 6. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 10: 481-553 pls 36-38 [485].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) AM G3962 wet (NMV photo 18/19–21 - egaz), Gulf St Vincent, SA; 10 m, Port Jackson, NSW; Fiji [35°00'S 138°05'E, 33°51'S 151°15'E, 33°00'S 146°00'E, 17°43'55"S 177°59'50"E]; BMNH 1886.8.27.344 dry (NMV photo 53/0, =AM G3697 slide, =AM 1886.8.27.345 slide); BMNH 1886.8.27.332 dry (eg), Fiji [17°43'55"S 177°59'50"E]; BMNH 1886.8.27.329 wet (=BMNH 1886.8.27.331 slide); ZMB 10420 slide.
• Euspongia irregularis tenuis Lendenfeld, R. von 1885. A monograph of the Australian sponges. Part 6. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 10: 481-553 pls 36-38 [485] [figured in Lendenfeld, R. von 1889. A Monograph of the Horny Sponges. London : Trübner & Co. 936 pp. 17 figs 50 pls. pl. 13 fig. 5].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1886.8.27.337 dry (=AM G3705 slide - egaz), Long Reef, Torres Strait, QLD [10°25'S 142°10'E].
• Euspongia irregularis dura Lendenfeld, R. von 1889. Die Verwandtschaftsverhältnisse der Hornschwämme. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 4: 1-93 [31] [in key; described and figured in Lendenfeld, R. von 1889. A Monograph of the Horny Sponges. London : Trübner & Co. 936 pp. 17 figs 50 pls. (251, pl. 13 fig. 4), labelled 'var. densa'].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1886.8.27.340 dry (=AM G3704 slide), locality unknown.
• Euspongia irregularis villosa Lendenfeld, R. von 1889. Die Verwandtschaftsverhältnisse der Hornschwämme. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 4: 1-93 [31] [in key; described in Lendenfeld, R. von 1889. A Monograph of the Horny Sponges. London : Trübner & Co. 936 pp. 17 figs 50 pls. (252)].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, locality unknown.
• Euspongia irregularis areolata Whitelegge, T. 1901. Report on sponges from the coastal beaches of New South Wales. Records of the Australian Museum 4: 55-118 pls 10-15 [96].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM (not found - egaz), Lake Illawarra, coast near Sydney, NSW [34°33'S 150°52'E].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Wiedenmayer, F. in Hooper, J.N.A. & Wiedenmayer, F. 1994. Porifera. pp. 1-620 in Wells, A. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia Vol. 12 xiii 624 pp. [Date published 21/Nov/1994] [393] (following Topsent, E. 1933. Eponges de Lamarck conservées au Muséum de Paris. Fin. Arch. Mus. Natl Hist. Nat. Paris 6 10: 1–60 5 figs pls 1–3 [1])

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Torres Strait, Long Reef, Lake Illawarra, Port Jackson, Sydney coast, Gulf St Vincent, also W Pacific, Japan and New Zealand.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth subtidal–20 m.

 

General References

Wiedenmayer, F. 1989. Demospongiae (Porifera) from northern Bass Strait (Shelf of Southern Australia). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 50(1): 1-242 [121]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
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29-Mar-2018		02-May-2011	MODIFIED
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