Species Taonura colus (Lamarck, 1814)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Spongia colus Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de Monet 1814. Sur les polypiers empâtés. Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 20: 294-312, 370-386, 432-458 [437] [with var. b].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) MNHN Paris LBIM DT590 dry (var. beta - egaz), Kangaroo Is., SA [35°50'S 137°06'E]; MNHN Paris LBIM DT3352, 3361 dry (syntypes (2 specimens) of typical form - egaz), Kangaroo Is., SA [35°50'S 137°06'E].

  Secondary source:

   Topsent, E. 1932. Eponges de Lamarck conservées au Muséum de Paris. Deuxième partie. Archives du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 6 8: 61-124 2 figs pls 1-6 [80]; Topsent, E. 1933. Eponges de Lamarck conservées au Muséum de Paris. Fin. Archives du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 6 10: 1-60 5 figs pls 1-3 [18].
• [Spongia pala] Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de Monet 1814. Sur les polypiers empâtés. Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 20: 294-312, 370-386, 432-458 [380] [var. d only, not typical form and var. b, g].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) MNHN Paris LBIM DT538, 3437, 3438 dry (syntypes of typical form - egaz), Kangaroo Is., SA [35°50'S 137°06'E]; BMNH 1954.2.20.15 fragment of holotype of var. (slide - egaz), Kangaroo Is., SA [35°50'S 137°06'E]; MNHN Paris LBIM DT3438 dry (holotype of var. beta - egaz), Kangaroo Is., SA [35°50'S 137°06'E]; MNHN Paris LBIM DT537 dry (holotype of var. g - egaz), Kangaroo Is., SA [35°50'S 137°06'E]; BMNH 1954.2.20.14 dry (fragment of type of var. DT537 - egaz), Kangaroo Is., SA [35°50'S 137°06'E].

  Secondary source:

   Topsent, E. 1930. Eponges de Lamarck conservées au Muséum de Paris. Archives du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 6 5: 1-56 4 figs pls 1-4 [38].
• Spongelia rectilinea erecta 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 [537].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, MCZ unknown wet (egaz), Phillip Is., VIC [38°29'S 145°14'E].
• Spongelia palmata poculata 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 [538].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ unknown whereabouts unknown (egaz), Phillip Is., VIC [38°29'S 145°14'E].
• Thorecta gracillimus Lendenfeld, R. von 1888. Descriptive Catalogue of the Sponges in the Australian Museum, Sydney. London : Taylor & Francis 260 pp. 12 pls. [148] [type series composite].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) AM G3747 wet, slide (egaz - Frem.), Fremantle (and Shark Bay) WA; East Coast; (West Indies) [32°03'S 115°46'E]; BMNH 1842.6.16.6 dry (egaz - Frem.), Fremantle (and Shark Bay) WA; East Coast; (West Indies) [32°03'S 115°46'E]; BMNH 1842.12.11.57 dry (egaz - Frem.), Fremantle (and Shark Bay) WA; East Coast; (West Indies) [32°03'S 115°46'E]; BMNH 1844.9.13.1 dry (egaz - Frem.), Fremantle (and Shark Bay) WA; East Coast; (West Indies) [32°03'S 115°46'E]; BMNH 1851.7.25.206 dry (egaz - Frem.), Fremantle (and Shark Bay) WA; East Coast; (West Indies) [32°03'S 115°46'E]; BMNH 1853.4.8.69, 1853.4.8.146d, unregistered dry (5 no locality, 2 Fremantle, 2 Shark Bay WA), (BMNH unregistered, 3 without locality, 1 West Indies), (BMNH 1886.8.27.164, WA), ZMB 7171 (2 slides no locality, as Thorecta exemplum var. gracillima - egaz - Fremantle), Fremantle (and Shark Bay) WA; East Coast; (West Indies) [32°03'S 115°46'E].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Topsent, E. 1930. Eponges de Lamarck conservées au Muséum de Paris. Archives du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 6 5: 1-56 4 figs pls 1-4 [38]
• Topsent, E. 1932. Eponges de Lamarck conservées au Muséum de Paris. Deuxième partie. Archives du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 6 8: 61-124 2 figs pls 1-6 [80]
• 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

South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Kangaroo Is., and Fremantle.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

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)