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Species Thorecta vasiformis (Carter, 1885)

  • Type data:
     Holotype BMNH 1886.12.15.227 dry, fragment, 1 dry (=AM 2858 slide, figured in Lendenfeld, R. von 1889. A Monograph of the Horny Sponges. London : Trübner & Co. 936 pp. 17 figs 50 pls. pl. 8 fig. 13 and 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 fig. 10b - egaz), Port Phillip Heads, VIC [38°07'S 144°48'E].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria


Extra Distribution Information

Port Jackson, Port Phillip Heads, and allegedly also Indian Ocean.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 30–50 m.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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)