Species Acanthella pulcherrima Ridley & Dendy, 1886

Museums

Regional Maps

• Acanthella pulcherrima Ridley, S.O. & Dendy, A. 1886. Preliminary report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. Challenger. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 18: 325-351, 470-493 [479].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1921.11.7.100 (fragment MNHN Paris DCL209L - egaz), 14 m, Prince of Wales Channel, Torres Strait, QLD [10°30'S 142°15'E].
• Acanthella pulcherrima calyx Dendy, A. 1922. Report on the Sigmatotetraxonida collected by H.M.S. Sealark in the Indian Ocean. In Report of the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905. Vol. 7. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 2nd Series Zoology 18: 1-164 pls 1-18 [120] [[doubtful synonym, uncertain affinity (Alvarez & Hooper, 2010)].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1921.11.7.99 wet (=RN LXXVIII.9 - egaz), 55 m, Cargados Carajos, Indian Ocean [16°33'39"S 59°45'00"E].

  Secondary source:

   Alvarez, B. & Hooper, J.N.A. 2010. Taxonomic revision of the order Halichondrida (Porifera: Demospongiae) of northern Australia. Family Dictyonellidae. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 26: 13–36 [17].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Hooper, J.N.A. & Lévi, C. 1993. Axinellida from the New Caledonian lagoon (Porifera: Demospongiae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 7(6): 1395-1472

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

The species is common in northern Australia with validated records from the Northwest Australian Shelf and the Sahul Shelf where it is found in shallow waters from 10–50 m depth and associated with muddy and sandy bottoms. Its distribution might also extend to the Northeast Australian shelf (Coral Sea) according to unverified records at the QM. It is also known from other localities in Indonesia (Alvarez & De Voogd, unpublished data) (Alvarez & Hooper 2010).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Province (2), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 5–54 m.

 

General References

Alvarez, B., Crisp, M.D., Driver, F., Hooper, J.N.A. & van Soest, R.W.M. 2000. Phylogenetic relationships of the family Axinellidae (Porifera: Demospongiae) using morphological and molecular data. Zoologica Scripta 29(2): 169-198 [172] (Listed in this article)

 

History of changes

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29-Mar-2018		31-Dec-2011	MOVED
29-Mar-2018		31-Dec-2011	MOVED
29-Mar-2018		15-Dec-2011	MOVED
29-Mar-2018		13-Apr-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)