Species Fasciospongia costifera (Lamarck, 1814)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Spongia costifera 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 [432].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) MNHN Paris LBIM DT606, 3386 dry (egaz - Shark Bay), Southern Ocean (as 'Océan austral') (Shark Bay, WA) [25°30'S 113°30'E]; BMNH 1954.2.20.12 fragment of type of DT606, slide (egaz - Shark Bay), Southern Ocean (as 'Océan austral') (Shark Bay, WA) [25°30'S 113°30'E]; BMNH 1953.11.9.65 slide (egaz - Shark Bay), Southern Ocean (as 'Océan austral') (Shark Bay, WA) [25°30'S 113°30'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 [63].
• Stelospongia pulcherrima Lendenfeld, R. von 1888. Descriptive Catalogue of the Sponges in the Australian Museum, Sydney. London : Taylor & Francis 260 pp. 12 pls. [174].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) AM G3000 dry (NMV photos 5/28,29 - egaz), WA [25°00'S 122°00'E]; AM B4585 dry (NMV photos 6/20,21 - egaz), WA [25°00'S 122°00'E].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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 [474]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Shark Bay, Darnley Is., Torres Strait, and also S Africa? (latter doubtful conspecificity).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 60 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)