Species Stelletta clavosa Ridley, 1884

Museums

Regional Maps

• Stelletta clavosa 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. [474].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1882.2.23.300 wet–300a, slide 1/37 (coords for Prince of Wales chanel, Torres Strait and Arafura Sea), 13–16 m, Prince of Wales Channel and West Is., Torres Strait; 58–66 m, Arafura Sea [42°30'S 146°03'E and 10°25'S 142°10'E, 9°00'S 133°00'E]; BMNH 1882.2.23.681 wet–681a, slide 1/37 (coords for Prince of Wales chanel, Torres Strait and Arafura Sea), 13–16 m, Prince of Wales Channel and West Is., Torres Strait; 58–66 m, Arafura Sea [42°30'S 146°03'E and 10°25'S 142°10'E, 9°00'S 133°00'E]; BMNH 1882.2.23.326 wet (coords for Prince of Wales chanel, Torres Strait and Arafura Sea), 13–16 m, Prince of Wales Channel and West Is., Torres Strait; 58–66 m, Arafura Sea [42°30'S 146°03'E and 10°25'S 142°10'E, 9°00'S 133°00'E]; BMNH 1882.2.23.327 wet (coords for Prince of Wales chanel, Torres Strait and Arafura Sea), 13–16 m, Prince of Wales Channel and West Is., Torres Strait; 58–66 m, Arafura Sea [42°30'S 146°03'E and 10°25'S 142°10'E, 9°00'S 133°00'E]; BMNH 1882.2.23.328 wet (coords for Prince of Wales chanel, Torres Strait and Arafura Sea), 13–16 m, Prince of Wales Channel and West Is., Torres Strait; 58–66 m, Arafura Sea [42°30'S 146°03'E and 10°25'S 142°10'E, 9°00'S 133°00'E]; BMNH 2 slides 1/37 (coords for Prince of Wales channel, Torres Strait and Arafura Sea), 13–16 m, Prince of Wales Channel and West Is., Torres Strait; 58–66 m, Arafura Sea [42°30'S 146°03'E and 10°25'S 142°10'E, 9°00'S 133°00'E].
• Myriastra quadrata Sollas, W.J. 1886. Preliminary account of the tetractinellid sponges dredged by H.M.S. Challenger, 1872–1876. Part 1. The Choristida. Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society ns 5: 177-199 [189].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 5 slides 1/37, 18 m, Moro Gulf off Zamboanga, Philippines [6°36'57"N 122°54'32"E].
• Myriastra toxodonta Sollas, W.J. 1886. Preliminary account of the tetractinellid sponges dredged by H.M.S. Challenger, 1872–1876. Part 1. The Choristida. Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society ns 5: 177-199 [189].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH (coords for Phillipines), 33 m, off Panay, Philippines [7°00'59"N 124°45'20"E].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Dendy, A. & Burton, M. 1926. Report on some deep-sea sponges from the Indian Museum collected by the R.I.M.S. Investigator. Part I. Hexactinellida and Tetraxonida (pars). Records of the Indian Museum 28: 225-248 7 figs [246]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Arafura Sea, Dirk Hartog Is., Torres Strait (Prince of Wales Channel, West Is. and Thursday Is.), Direction Is., also Indian Ocean and Indo-Malayan region.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 8–306 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)