Species Phorbas caespitosus (Carter, 1885)
- Echinonema caespitosa Carter, H.J. 1885. Description of sponges from the neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads, South Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 16: 347-368 [352].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH 1886.12.15.453 dry (=AM G2913, NMV photo 47/9), 34 m, Port Phillip Heads, VIC.
Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1886.12.15.97 wet (=AM G2774, NMV photos 36/11,12); BMNH 1886.12.15.468 dry (NMV photo 47/10). - Clathrissa arbuscula Lendenfeld, R. von 1888. Descriptive Catalogue of the Sponges in the Australian Museum, Sydney. London : Taylor & Francis 260 pp. 12 pls. [217] [junior secondary homonym of
Clathriodendron arbuscula Lendenfeld see Hallmann, E.F. 1912. Report on the sponges obtained by the F.I.S. Endeavour on the coasts of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Queensland, and Tasmania, 1909–10. Part 1. Zool. Results Fish. Exp. Endeavour 2: 117–300 69 figs pls 21–36].Type data:
Syntype(s) AM G652 wet (NMV photos 10/14–16), Port Jackson, NSW; AM G9125 dry (NMV photo 9/13), Port Jackson, NSW; BMNH 1887.1.24.60 wet (=AM 3571 slide), Port Jackson, NSW; BMNH 1887.1.24.61 wet, Port Jackson, NSW; BMNH 1886.6.12.12.22 wet, Port Jackson, NSW; ZMB 1140 6 slides, Port Jackson, NSW. - Stylostichon conulosum Whitelegge, T. 1907. Sponges. Part I (Addenda). Part 2. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 4: 487-515 pls 45-46 [492].
Type data:
Holotype AM G4338 wet (NMV photos 12/26, 27), 98 m, off Coogee, NSW.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Hooper, J.N.A. 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] [50]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)
Ecological Descriptors
Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.
Extra Ecological Information
Depth 15–91 m.
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
| 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) |