Species Sycon carteri Dendy, 1893

Museums

Regional Maps

• Sycon carteri Dendy, A. 1893. Synopsis of the Australian Calcarea Heterocoela, with a proposed classification of the group and descriptions of some new genera and species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 5: 69-116 [79].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) NMV 92324 or fragments of types, Gulf St Vincent, SA [35°00'S 138°05'E]; NMV 92325, Gulf St Vincent, SA [35°00'S 138°05'E]; BMNH 1893.6.9.3, Gulf St Vincent, SA [35°00'S 138°05'E]; BMNH 1925.11.1.56, Gulf St Vincent, SA [35°00'S 138°05'E]; ZMB 2032, Gulf St Vincent, SA [35°00'S 138°05'E]; BMNH 1893.6.9.3a slide, Gulf St Vincent, SA [35°00'S 138°05'E]; BMNH 1925.11.1.1745 slide, Gulf St Vincent, SA [35°00'S 138°05'E]; MONZ slide, Gulf St Vincent, SA [35°00'S 138°05'E].

  Secondary source:

   Breitfuss, L.L. 1898. Catalog der Calcarea der Zoologischen Sammlung des Königlichen Museums für Naturkunde zu Berlin. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 63: 205-226 2 figs [216]; Fell, H.B. 1950. The Kirk Collection of sponges (Porifera) in the Zoology Museum, Victoria University College. Zoological Publications of Victoria University College 4: 1-12 1 pl. [6]; Ayling, A.L., Stone, S. & Smith, B.J. 1982. Catalogue of types of sponge species from Southern Australia described by Arthur Dendy. Reports of the National Museum of Victoria 1: 97-109 [101].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Port Jackson, Gulf St Vincent, Geraldton and Bunbury.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
21-Dec-2011		21-Dec-2011	MOVED
		23-Feb-2012	MODIFIED