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Species Taonura flabelliformis Carter, 1882

  • Type data:
     Lectotype BMNH 1844.9.13.3 dry (figured in Bergquist, P.R. 1980. A revision of the supraspecific classification of the orders Dictyoceratida, Dendroceratida and Verongida (Class Demospongiae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 7: 443–503 figs 1–25 pls (fig. 11c) - egaz), SA and Illawarra, NSW (locality not differentiated by author) [30°00'S 135°00'E , 37°04'S 142°42'E].
    Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1844.9.13.4 dry (4 specimens); BMNH 1844.9.13.6 dry; BMNH 1844.9.13.7 dry; BMNH 1844.9.13.13 dry.
  • Thorecta radiatus Lendenfeld, R. von 1889. Die Verwandtschaftsverhältnisse der Hornschwämme. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 4: 1-93 [40] [in key; described in Lendenfeld, R. von 1889. A Monograph of the Horny Sponges. London : Trübner & Co. 936 pp. 17 figs 50 pls. (350); type series composite, misidentified specimen to Thorectandra choanoides].
    Type data:
     
    Syntype(s) BMNH 1844.9.13.3 dry (egaz), Illawarra [37°04'S 142°42'E]; BMNH 1844.9.13.5 dry (egaz), Illawarra [37°04'S 142°42'E]; BMNH 1844.9.13.6 dry (egaz), Illawarra [37°04'S 142°42'E]; BMNH 1886.12.15.219 wet (labelled Stelospongia flabelliformis var. latus), Port Phillip Heads [38°07'S 144°48'E]; BMNH unregistered dry (Bowerbank Collection).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria


Extra Distribution Information

Illawarra, Port Jackson and Port Phillip Heads.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

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.

 

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)