Species Thorecta typhinus (Lamarck, 1814)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Spongia typhina 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 [454] [current status uncertain; redescribed in Thorecta by Topsent 1933, Topsent, E. 1933. Eponges de Lamarck conservées au Muséum de Paris. Fin. Arch. Mus. Natl Hist. Nat. Paris 6 10: 1–60 5 figs pls 1–3 (4, pl. 3 fig. 6); not mentioned in 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].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHN Paris LBIM DT3337 dry (egaz - King Is.), King Is., Bass Strait, Péron and Lesueur Collection [39°50'S 144°00'E].

  Secondary source:

   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 [4].

Distribution

States

Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

General References

Hooper, J.N.A. in Hooper, J.N.A. & Wiedenmayer, F. 1994. Porifera. pp. 1-620 in Wells, A. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia Vol. 12 xiii 624 pp. [Date published 21/Nov/1994] (presently unrecognisable; generic placement questionable)

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 [4]

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