Species Tethya fissurata Lendenfeld, 1888

Museums

Regional Maps

• Tethya fissurata Lendenfeld, R. von 1888. Descriptive Catalogue of the Sponges in the Australian Museum, Sydney. London : Taylor & Francis 260 pp. 12 pls. [48].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) AM G9069 8 specimens, wet (NMV photos 20/21–23), Port Molle, QLD; Port Jackson, NSW [Tasmania] [20°20'S 148°51'E, 33°51'S 151°15'E]; AM Z1486 4 specimens, wet (type status doubtful, NMV photos 14 (21–24)), Port Molle [20°20'S 148°51'E]; AM G9070 wet (NMV photos 15/7–9), Port Jackson [33°51'S 151°15'E]; BMNH 1886.8.27.613 wet (=AM G3663 slide), Port Molle [20°20'S 148°51'E]; BMNH 1886.8.27.628 wet, Port Jackson [33°51'S 151°15'E]; BMNH 1925.11.1.1092 slide; ZMB 1120 2 specimens and 4 slides; ZMB 1223 2 specimens and 4 slides, Tasmania [42°00'S 147°00'E]; BMNH 1954.2.10.20, 1954.2.12.10 unregistered, 4 slides 2/48, Tasmania [42°00'S 147°00'E].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Port Molle, Port Jackson, Neutral Bay and Storm Bay.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

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		13-Apr-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)