Species Theonella swinhoei Gray, 1868

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• Theonella swinhoei Gray, J.E. 1868. Note on Theonella, a new genus of coralloid sponges from Formosa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1868: 565-566 [566].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 65.12.15.2 slides, Taiwan.

  Secondary source:

   Pisera, A. & Lévi, C. 2002. Family Theonellidae Lendenfeld, 1903. pp. 327-337 in Hooper, J.N.A. & van Soest, R.W.M. (eds). Systema Porifera: A guide to the classification of sponges. New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers Vol. 1. [327].

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Also Indo-west Pacific, South China Sea, Indian Ocean, Red Sea.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Aquatic, coral reef, filter-feeder.

 

General References

Nevalainen, T.J., Quinn, R.J. & Hooper, J.N.A. 2004. Phospholipase A2 in Porifera. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 137(B): 413-420 [415]

 

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)