Species Stelletta tuberculata (Carter, 1886)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Stellettinopsis tuberculata Carter, H.J. 1886. Description of sponges from the neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads, South Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 17: 40-53, 112-127 [126].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1886.12.15.434 dry, Port Phillip Heads, Victoria [38°07'S 144°48'E].

  Secondary source:

   Kennedy, J.A. 2000. Resolving the 'Jaspis stellifer' complex. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 45(2): 453-476 [466].

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Ecological Descriptors

Aquatic, coral reef, filter-feeder.

 

General References

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] [144] (in synonymy with Jaspis stellifera (Carter))

Kennedy, J.A. 2000. Resolving the 'Jaspis stellifer' complex. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 45(2): 453-476 [466]

Sollas, W.J. 1888. Report on the Tetractinellida collected by H.M.S. Challenger, during the years 1873–1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 25(63): clxvi 1-458 44 pls 1 map

Sorokin, S., Fromont, J. & Currie, D. 2007. Demosponge biodiversity in the Benthic Protection Zone of the Great Australian Bight. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 132(2): 192-204 [195]

Sorokin, S.J., Currie, D.R. & Ward, T.M. 2005. Sponges of the Great Australian Bight Marine Park (Benthic Protection Zone). SARDI Research Report Series Adelaide : SARDI Aquatic Sciences Publication No RD04/0170 Part 65 pp. 1-92. [12]

Sorokin, S.J., Laperousaz, T.C.D. & Collings, G.J. 2008. Investigator Group Expedition 2006: Sponges (Porifera). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 132(2): 163-172 [167]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
03-Mar-2022	DEMOSPONGIAE Sollas, 1885	23-Aug-2023	MODIFIED
29-Mar-2018		15-Dec-2011	MOVED
29-Mar-2018		13-Apr-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)