Species Spongia (Spongia) lignea Hyatt, 1877

Museums

Regional Maps

• Spongia lignea Hyatt, A. 1877. A revision of the North American Poriferae, with remarks upon foreign species. Part 2. Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History 2: 481-554 pls 15-17 [515] [in part: typical variety only].

  Type data:

   Holotype (ANSP?), Sydney, NSW [33°00'S 146°00'E].
• Euspongia officinalis dura 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 [528].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1886.8.27.317 dry (=AM G3706 slide - egaz), West Coast, WA [25°00'S 122°00'E].
  Paralectotype(s) AM B5464 dry (NMV photos 9/21,22).

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Lendenfeld, R. von 1889. A Monograph of the Horny Sponges. London : Trübner & Co. 936 pp. 17 figs 50 pls. [275]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Sydney, Lake Illawarra, Port Jackson and Port Phillip Bay.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Shallow water.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
29-Mar-2018		15-Dec-2011	MOVED
29-Mar-2018		02-May-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)