Species Thorecta farlovi (Hyatt, 1877)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Spongelia farlovii Hyatt, A. 1877. A revision of the North American Poriferae, with remarks upon foreign species. Part 2. Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History 2: 481-554 pls 15-17 [536] [in part: var. densa only; not var. palmatiformis =Taonura sp.].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ unknown wet ((var. densa)), Phillip Is., VIC [38°29'S 145°14'E].
• Stelospongus flabelliformis Carter, H.J. 1885. Description of sponges from the neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads, South Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 15: 301-321 [305] [type series composite].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1887.7.11.23 wet (=AM G2818 slide - egaz), Port Phillip Heads, VIC [38°07'S 144°48'E]; BMNH 1886.12.15.456 dry (=AM G2862 slide - egaz), Port Phillip Heads, VIC [38°07'S 144°48'E]; BMNH 1886.12.15.455 dry (egaz), Port Phillip Heads, VIC [38°07'S 144°48'E]; BMNH 1886.12.15.218 dry (egaz), Port Phillip Heads, VIC [38°07'S 144°48'E]; BMNH 1886.12.15.216 dry (egaz), Port Phillip Heads, VIC [38°07'S 144°48'E]; BMNH 1886.12.15.438 dry (NMV photo 50/30 - egaz), Port Phillip Heads, VIC [38°07'S 144°48'E].

  Secondary source:

   Whitelegge, T. 1901. Report on sponges from the coastal beaches of New South Wales. Records of the Australian Museum 4: 55-118 pls 10-15 [115].

 

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 [470] (priority overlooked)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Torres Strait, Wollongong, Lake Illawarra, Port Stephens, Phillip Is., Port Phillip Bay, Point Parry, King Is., Fremantle and Ninepin Point.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 11–30 m.

 

General References

Carpay, M. 1986. The marine sponges of Tasmania. A checklist of a number of marine sponges, occurring along the Tasmanian coast. Unpublished M.Sc. thesis, Department of Bijzondere Dierkunde, Institute of Taxonomic Zoology, Amsterdam. pp. 1–77. [42]

 

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)