Species Stelletta brevis Hentschel, 1909

Museums

Regional Maps

• Stelletta brevis Hentschel, E. 1909. Tetraxonida. 347-402 pls 22-23 1. Teil. in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : G. Fischer Vol. 2 (21). [356].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) ZMH, 0.5–3.5 m, exit of South Passage, Shark Bay, WA [28°21'2''S 113°35'4''E]; ZMB 4257 fragment of type, 0.5–3.5 m, exit of South Passage, Shark Bay, WA [28°21'2''S 113°35'4''E]; BMNH 1925.11.1.1112 2 slides (ex ZMH 1521, 1522), 0.5–3.5 m, exit of South Passage, Shark Bay, WA [28°21'2''S 113°35'4''E].
• Stelletta brevis lutea Hentschel, E. 1909. Tetraxonida. 347-402 pls 22-23 1. Teil. in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : G. Fischer Vol. 2 (21). [358].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMH, beach at low tide, North Fremantle, WA [32°02'S 115°45'E].
  Paratype(s) BMNH 1925.11.1.1113 slide (ex ZMH 1523).
• Stelletta brevis paupera Hentschel, E. 1909. Tetraxonida. 347-402 pls 22-23 1. Teil. in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : G. Fischer Vol. 2 (21). [359].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMH, 0.5–3.5 m, exit of South Passage, Shark Bay, WA [28°21'2''S 113°35'4''E].
  Paratype(s) BMNH 1925.11.1.1114 slide (ex ZMH 1524).

 

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] [59]

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Exit of South Passage, Shark Bay, WA, depth 0.5–3.5 m sand and rock with corals; Sandy Isle, Houtman Abrolhos, WA, North Fremantle, WA, beach at low tide.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 0.5–3.5 m.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
29-Mar-2018		15-Dec-2011	MOVED
29-Mar-2018		13-Apr-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)