Species Taonura haackei (Lendenfeld, 1889)

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Regional Maps

• Thorecta haackei Lendenfeld, R. von 1889. Die Verwandtschaftsverhältnisse der Hornschwämme. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 4: 1-93 [41] [in key; described in Lendenfeld, R. von 1889. A Monograph of the Horny Sponges. London : Trübner & Co. 936 pp. 17 figs 50 pls. (364, pl. 23 fig. 8); type series composite].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1886.8.27.168 dry (Torres Strait, figured in Lendenfeld 1889 pl. 23 fig. 8, NMV photos 50/22,23), Torres Strait [10°25'S 142°10'E].
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1886.8.27.145 wet (11 specimens (=AM G3750 slide) - egaz), Broughton I. [32°37'S 152°21'E]; BMNH 1859.10.7.26 dry (no locality); BMNH 1848.10.4.1–2 dry (no locality); BMNH 1851.7.25.155 dry (no locality); BMNH 1840.1.10.17 dry (China), BMNH unregistered (4 specimens, no locality), ?BMNH 1886.8.27.155 dry (as Thorecta levis macroporella and Cacospongia densa, Port Chalmers, NZ) –156 (slide, =AM G3745 slide), ZMB 7177 (slide).
• Thorecta lobosus Lendenfeld, R. von 1889. Die Verwandtschaftsverhältnisse der Hornschwämme. Zoologische Jahrbücher Syst. 4: 1-93 [41] [in key as Thorecta globosa, but Thorecta lobosus in Lendenfeld, R. von 1889. A Monograph of the Horny Sponges. London : Trübner & Co. 936 pp. 17 figs 50 pls. and Cacospongia lobosa on autograph label with holotype which is described in Lendenfeld op. cit. p. 365, pl. 23 fig. 4].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1886.8.27.141 dry (NMV photo 50/19, =BMNH 1886.8.27.142 slide) - egaz), Port Jackson, NSW [33°51'S 151°15'E].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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 [472]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Port Jackson, Tuggerah Beach, Broughton Is. and Gulf St Vincent.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

 

History of changes

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)