Species Xenospongia patelliformis Gray, 1858
- Xenospongia patelliformis Gray, J.E. 1858. Description of a new genus of sponge (Xenospongia) from Torres Strait. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 26: 229-230 pl. 12 [Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist (3)2: 369–371] [229].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1883.1.25.9 dry (NMV photos 40/17,18), Torres Strait, QLD [10°25'S 142°10'E].
Paratype(s) BMNH unregistered 2 specimens, dry (D.A.38) (NMV photo 40.19); BMNH unregistered slide 2/57.
Distribution
States
Queensland, South Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Distributed throughout the Great Barrier Reef, this species has also been recorded from the Torres Strait, Western Australia, the Great Australian Bight; and allegedly Sri Lanka and Indo-Malayan region (Aru Ils Indonesia and Vietnam). Specimens from the GBR were collected in depths ranging from 10 to 87 m, from predominantly sandy and carbonate dominated substrata. Records from Western Australia and the Great Australian Bight might constitute a separate species, but yet to be verified using molecular data.
IMCRA
Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Distribution References
- Fromont, J. 2003. Porifera (Sponges) in the Dampier Archipelago: Taxonomic affinities and biogeography. Proceedings of the Twelfth International Marine Biological Workshop. The Marine Flora and Fauna of Dampier, Western Australia. 405-417 pp. [408]
- Sutcliffe, P.R., Hooper, J.N.A. & Pitcher, C.R. 2010. The most common sponges on the Great Barrer Reef seabed, Australia, include species new to science (Phylum Porifera). Zootaxa 2616: 1-30 [15]
Ecological Descriptors
Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.
Extra Ecological Information
Depth intertidal–36 m.
General References
Fromont, J. 2003. Porifera (Sponges) in the Dampier Archipelago: Taxonomic affinities and biogeography. Proceedings of the Twelfth International Marine Biological Workshop. The Marine Flora and Fauna of Dampier, Western Australia. 405-417 pp. [408] (Listed in this article)
Sorokin, S., Fromont, J. & Currie, D. 2007. Demosponge biodiversity in the Benthic Protection Zone of the Great Australian Bight. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 132(2): 192-204 [195]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 29-Mar-2018 | 15-Dec-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 29-Mar-2018 | 13-Apr-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |