Species Xestospongia variabilis (Ridley, 1884)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Schmidtia variabilis Ridley, S.O. 1884. Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of H.M.S. Alert, 1881–1882. Spongiida. (Part 1, Australian sponges). London : British Museum (Natural History) 366-482, pls 39-43. [415].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1882.2.23.310 wet –310a, slide 3/42 (egaz), 12–20 m, Darwin, NT [12°28'S 130°50'E].
• Petrosia variabilis crassa Wilson, H.V. 1904. XXX. The sponges. In Reports on an exploration off the west coasts of Mexico, Central and South America, and off the Galapagos Islands, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer Albatross, during 1891, Lieut. Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.N., commanding. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 30(1): 1-164 pls 1-26 [118].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) (MCZ?), 100 m, Galapagos Ils, Eastern Pacific [no coords available]; ZMB type slide, 100 m, Galapagos Ils, Eastern Pacific [no coords available].
• Pellina depellens Topsent, E. 1908. Spongiaires. 1-37 5 pls in Joubin, L. (ed.). Expédition Antarctique Française (1903–1905) commandée par le Dr. Jean Charcot. Sciences naturelles: documents scientifiques. Paris : Masson. [15].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) (?MNHN Paris - egaz), shore and 20–40 m, Booth-Wandel Is., Palmes Archipelago, Antarctic Peninsula [64°11'31"S 64°50'59"W].
• Petrosia depellens Topsent, E. 1913. Spongiaires de l'Expédition Antarctique Nationale écossaise. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 49(3): 579-643 pls 1-6 [638].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) RSM several specimens (egaz), 16–19 m, Scotia Bay, South Orkney Ils, Subantarctic [59°35'16"N 133°49'22"W]; RSM 1921.143.1422 wet (egaz), 16–19 m, Scotia Bay, South Orkney Ils, Subantarctic [59°35'16"N 133°49'22"W].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Wiedenmayer, F. 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] [331]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Darwin, also central Atlantic Ocean, Indo-Malayan region, E Pacific Ocean, Antarctic and Subantarctic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth subtidal–736 m.

 

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)