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Western Australian Museum and Woodside Energy Ltd. Partnership
Marine Biodiversity of the Kimberley1880s–2009
edited by Diana Jones, Clay Bryce, Jane Fromont, and Glenn Moore
RECORDS OF THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM
SUPPLEMENT84
Kimberley marine biota. Historical data: sponges (Porifera)
Jane Fromont1* and Alison Sampey1
1 Department of Aquatic Zoology, Western Australian Museum, Locked Bag 49, Welshpool DC, Western Australia, 6986
*Email: [email protected]
ABSTRACT – A data compilation of Kimberley sponge species housed in four Australian natural science collection institutions was undertaken by the Western Australian Museum. Just under 40% of the collected data were excluded from the synthesis described here due to insufficient species identifications, however 342 species of sponges are documented. This dataset provides baseline information for future sponge investigations in the region. The majority of the known species were widespread Indo-Pacific with a number of Australian endemics. Collection effort was biased to offshore locations. Comprehensive surveys of inshore marine habitats will provide a greater understanding of sponge diversity and abundance throughout the entire region.
KEYWORDS: natural history collections, species inventory, Kimberley Marine Bioregion, biodiversity, NW Australia, baseline
069–100 (2014)84RECORDS OF THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM
SUPPLEMENT
INTRODUCTION
The importance of utilising natural science
col lec t ion dat ase t s to prov ide basel i ne
biodiversity information to inform conservation
and environmental management decisions is
increasingly being recognised (Pyke and Ehrlich
2010; Costello et al. 2013). Biodiversity research into
the Kimberley region of Australia is of immense
value as it is an area with high conservation values
and with new and proposed marine parks. There
are proposed developments associated with oil and
gas reserves, fishing and aquaculture activities,
and tourism (Department of Environment and
Conservation 2009). The importance of compiling
existing data to provide a baseline to assist with
characterisation of the assets and values of this
region was recognised by Wood and Mills (2008).
The Western Australian Museum (WAM) and
other Australian natural science institutions have
undertaken marine biodiversity fieldwork in the
Kimberley Project Area (see Methods), which has
resulted in specimen collections, but much of the
data and their interpretation are either unpublished
or published in specialist taxonomic literature,
and thus not readily accessible to researchers and
managers. To address this information gap WAM
instigated an extensive data compilation of the
species known from the Kimberley Project Area.
Here, we document what is currently known about
sponge diversity in the Project Area.
Sponges are important as habitat formers,
providing protection and food sources for other
marine organisms in all oceans of the world. They
have a wide range of biological associations with
other organisms from microbes to vertebrates
(Bell et al. 2013). They perform a variety of
functional roles such as facilitating primary
production, eroding carbonate reefs and filtering
vast volumes of seawater (Bell 2008; Bell et al.
2013). There is increasing evidence that they are
critical in nutrient cycles that occur in the oceans,
for example in cycling dissolved organic matter
in coral reefs (de Goeij et al. 2013), and nitrogen
cycling in oligotrophic reefs (Keesing et al. 2013).
A recent analysis of bioactivity in Australian
marine fauna demonstrated that sponges were
the most consistently bioactive phylum across all
bioregions examined (Evans-Illidge et al. 2013). In
recent times sponges have been recognised as a
critical component of the marine benthos, but in
many areas their species richness and abundance is
largely unknown.
The collecting of sponges in the Kimberley
Project Area is very recent, from the 1980s
70 J. FROMONT AND A. SAMPEY
onwards, with no major historical surveys to the
region focussing on this group. Three sponge
studies in the Kimberley have been published:
Hooper (1994), Fromont and Vanderklift (2009)
and Keesing et al. (2011) (Table 1). The Australian
Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) Bioactivity Unit
collected marine invertebrates throughout Western
Australia, including sponges in the Project Area,
and results were documented in an unpublished
report (McCauley et al. 1993). These collections
were made in 1991 between Broome and Cape
Rulhieres in inshore subtidal habitats by SCUBA
and intertidal collecting. They are now held in the
Queensland Museum, and sponges with adequate
species determinations have been included in
this paper. Keesing et al. (2011) reported on the
sponges collected from inshore subtidal habitats
in Gourdon Bay and the Dampier Peninsula, with
specimens collected utilising an epibenthic dredge
in depths between 11–23 m. Along with the AIMS
collection and a small diving expedition by WAM
to Beagle Bay (Bryce et al. 1997), these are the major
expeditions to focus on sponges in the inshore
Kimberley. Other inshore sponge records in this
paper are anecdotal, generally one-off collections,
not undertaken by sponge experts. Hooper (1994)
and Fromont and Vanderklift (2009) focussed on
offshore locations, the first study at Ashmore, Cartier
and Hibernia Reefs and the second at Mermaid,
Scott and Seringapatam Reefs. The first expedition
targeted shallow subtidal habitats on SCUBA, and
the second both subtidal habitats on SCUBA and
intertidal collecting. These are the only studies to
date to document the sponges of the offshore reefs
and atolls of the North West Shelf of WA.
The aim of this project was to collate the
records of shallow water (<30 m) sponge species
in the Kimberley Project Area, which are verified
by specimens lodged in Australian museum
collections (1880s–2009), and to comment on spatial
distributions and collection gaps of this faunal
group in the region.
METHODS
STUDY AREA AND COLLECTION SCOPE
The Kimberley Project Area is defined by the
coordinates 19.00°S 121.57°E; 19.00°S 118.25°E;
12.00°S 129.00°E; 12.00°S 121.00°E. It encompasses
the coast, which forms a natural inshore boundary,
from south of Broome to the WA/NT border
extending beyond the 1000 m bathymetric contour
to include the shelf edge atolls (Figure 1). We
included all classes of sponges: Hexactinellida,
Calcarea, Homoscleromorpha and Demospongiae.
The methodology follows that outlined by
Sampey et al. (2014). Sponge data for the region
were sourced from the collection databases of
WAM, Queensland Museum (QM), Australian
Museum (AM) and Museum and Art Gallery of
the Northern Territory (MAGNT), and species lists
from three publications: Hooper (1994), Fromont
and Vanderklift (2009) and Keesing et al. (2011).
Species names were checked using the online
databases: World Porifera Database (Van Soest
et al. 2014), the Australian Faunal Directory
(ABRS 2014) and the Zoological Catalogue
(Hooper and Wiedenmayer 1994) to identify the
Survey Year No. Locations No. Stations No. Species No. Families Reference
Offshore
1981, 1986, 1987, 1992 3 32 138 38 Hooper (1994)
2006 4 45 132 31 Fromont and Vanderklift (2009)
Inshore
1991 11 15 19* 11 McCauley et al. (1993)
1997 1 2 28 13 Bryce et al. (1997)
2008 5 15 52 18 Keesing et al. (2011)
TABLE 1 Number of locations, stations, species and families of sponges (Porifera) sampled during expeditions in the Project Area, with data in reports or publications. NB: Only stations that included sponges were counted. *recorded to species or OTU.
KIMBERLEY MARINE BIOTA. HISTORICAL DATA: SPONGES 71
currently accepted taxonomic name and determine
biogeographic distributions.
Many of the sponges from the Project Area have
only been assigned to an Operational Taxonomic
Unit (OTU), or morphospecies concept, and have
not been examined within the Linnaean system
to determine if they are new species or have
been previously described in historic taxonomic
literature. OTUs are used for a number of reasons
outlined in Sampey et al. (2014). In the case of
sponge identifications within the Project Area they
indicated one or more of the following:
• the identification was preliminary with no time
to study the historic literature;
• the morphological characters differed from the
published descriptions;
• the species was outside its known geographic
range; and
• the taxonomic group requires substantial
revision.
As the Project Area sponges have been examined
by sponge experts it was assumed each OTU
was consistent and represented a single species,
although OTUs have not been checked between
institutions for duplication. Total number of sponge
species was determined using all named, cf. and
OTU species. For biogeographic analyses only
sponges with full species names were used.
SPATIAL INFORMATION, COLLECTION DETAILS AND MAPPING
Data from all sources were collated into a
single database and location, and collection
details were checked and verified. Full details
of this methodology are outlined in Sampey et
al. (2014) along with the list of locations, latitude
and longitude where collections occurred in the
Kimberley Project Area.
Maps of species richness and sampling effort
were generated for each main location. Since
species richness patterns are highly dependent
on sampling effort, we calculated the number
of collecting events at a location to provide an
indication of relative sampling effort. A collecting
event was defined by the season and year of
collecting (Sampey et al. 2014).
BIOGEOGRAPHIC CODING
Spe c ie s were coded for t he i r k now n
biogeographic range following the relevant
categories in Spalding et al. (2007). We coded for the
following five realms:
• Temperate South Africa (TSA). Found from
Benguela in the west, south and east to Agulhas
Bank-Natal, including Amsterdam and St. Paul
in the temperate Indian Ocean.
• Western Indo-Pacific (WIP). Found throughout
the Red Sea and the East African coast, Western
and Central Indian Ocean.
• Eastern Indo-Pacific (EIP). Found throughout
Hawaii, eastern Pacific Islands, Central and
Southeast Polynesia.
• Temperate Australasia (TA). Found throughout
New Zealand and temperate Australia from
Shark Bay on the west coast south and east to
Tweed Heads-Moreton Bay.
• Central Indo-Pacific (CIP). Here coded as the
region encompassing the South China Sea,
Sunda Shelf, the tropical northwestern and
southwestern Pacific and coral triangle.
We separately coded for the following three
provinces within this fifth realm:
• Sahul Shelf (SS). Includes the Gulf of Papua,
the Arafura Sea, Arnhem coast to Gulf of
Carpentaria and Bonaparte Gulf.
• Northeast Australian Shelf (NES). Torres Strait
and Great Barrier Reef.
• Northwest Australian Shelf (NWS). Broome to
Ningaloo.
Within its distribution range a species may be restricted to certain habitats, however sponges are predominantly found on hard subtidal substrates, with a few adapted to soft sediments and/or intertidal habitats. The species in this study were not coded for habitat as there are limited habitat data for sponges in the area and most of the collecting was by SCUBA or intertidal surveys of hard substrates, with little to no focus on soft
sediments.
RESULTS
NUMBER OF SPECIMENS IN COLLECTIONS
A total of 1,071 ‘specimen lots’ of sponges were
in the combined collection databases, of these 665
were retained in the Project Area dataset as they
were identified to species, cf. or OTU (Table 2). A
‘specimen lot’ represents one to many individuals
of the same species from the same site with a
unique museum registration number. QM and
WAM had the highest numbers of specimen lots,
followed closely by MAGNT. A high number of lots
were excluded from the present dataset (406, 38%)
due to insufficient species identification (Table 2).
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The oldest records in the databases for Kimberley
sponges were housed in the WAM, MAGNT and
QM collections and were represented by two
species Clathria lendenfeldi and Axinyssa sp. collected
from Broome in 1961.
SPECIES RICHNESS AND COLLECTING EFFORT
A total of 343 species were recorded in the dataset.
There were no glass sponges (Hexactinellida),
but six species of Calcarea and seven species
of Homoscleromorpha were recorded, with the
remaining 330 species all Demospongiae. All
major orders of sponges were represented in this
synthesis. The most species rich orders, listed here
from most to least species, were the Haplosclerida,
Halichondrida, Poecilosclerida, Dictyoceratida,
Hadromerida and Spirophorida (Table 3).
Thirty three of the species were identified as cf.
taxa (i.e. to a known Linnaean species concept),
and 205 to OTU-level taxa (Appendix 1a), with
the remaining 105 recognised as known species.
Twenty four of the known species were recorded
from Kimberley inshore localities, the majority
(65) from the offshore continental edge atolls with
the remaining 16 species found in both areas
(Appendix 1b). No sponges have been collected
from Browse Island or the midshelf shoals. The high species richness recorded for the offshore atolls is related to higher sampling effort in these locations (Tables 1 and 4). We summarised the number of offshore versus inshore locations and stations for five major studies conducted in the Project Area (Table 1). We found that while seven offshore locations had been sampled compared to 17 inshore, 77 offshore stations were sampled compared to less than half that number (32) inshore.
Overall we found sponges were recorded from 33 locations in the Project Area, seven offshore and 26 inshore localities (Table 4, Figures 1–3). Species richness varied considerably from 101 (at Scott Reef) to one (at eight inshore locations; Table 4, Figure 2). This is clearly related to sampling effort, which was highly variable, with four collecting events at Broome and only one collecting event at 29 locations (Table 4, Figure 3). Sponge species richness was higher at the seven offshore sites than at the inshore locations. For eight of the Kimberley inshore sites there was only a single species of sponge recorded from a single collecting event. No collecting has occurred at Browse Island (midshelf), or Imperieuse Reef (continental slope), nor has the eastern Kimberley been adequately sampled (Figure 1).
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FIGURE 3 Number of collecting events for sponges at each main location for which there are collections. This was based on a count of the season code and provides an indication of sampling effort. Map projection: GDA94, Scale: 1:6, 250,000.
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TABLE 2 Number of specimen lots of Project Area sponges housed in Australian collections. Included are those lots identified to species or OTU (able to be distinguished as a separate species) and excluded are those lots incompletely identified.
Collection Included Excluded Total
AM 2 9 11
QM 238 132 370
MAGNT 60 265 325
WAM 365 0 365
Total 665 406 1071
TABLE 3 Number of species in each class and order of sponges in the Project Area.
Class/Order No. of species
Calcarea 6
Homoscleromorpha 7
Demospongiae 330
Spirophorida 19
Astrophorida 15
Hadromerida 28
Chondrosida 3
Lithistids 4
Halichondrida 58
Poecilosclerida 55
Agelasida 2
Haplosclerida 84
Dictyoceratida 42
Dendroceratida 4
Verongida 16
Total 343
LocationSpecies Richness
Collecting Events
Offshore
Scott Reef 101 2
Cartier Island 75 1
Mermaid Reef 59 1
Ashmore Reef 53 3
Hibernia Reef 44 1
Seringapatam Reef 39 1
Clerke Reef 15 1
Inshore
Quondong Point 35 1
Beagle Bay 33 3
Packer Island 23 1
Gourdon Bay 18 1
Pender Bay 10 1
Broome 7 4
Eclipse Shoals 7 1
Cape Latouche Treville 4 1
Fenelon Island 4 1
Grey Shoal 4 1
Heritage Reef 4 1
Tangier Shoals 3 1
Lacepede Islands 2 1
Lord Mayor Shoal 2 1
Cockatoo Island 2 1
Colbert Island 2 1
Cone Bay 2 1
Vansittart Bay 2 1
Green Island 1 1
Jamieson Reef 1 1
King Sound 1 1
Talboys Rock 1 1
Cape Leveque 1 1
Champagny Island 1 1
George Water 1 1
Gibbings Island 1 1
TABLE 4 Species richness and number of collecting events at each location in the Project Area.
BIOGEOGRAPHY
Of the 105 known species reported from the
Kimberley two thirds were wide ranging Indo-
Pacific species with 68 (65%) in this category,
and 31 species (30%) Australian endemics (Table
5). Forty six (71%) of the offshore species were
widespread Indo-Pacific species, almost half of the
inshore species were widespread (11 species, 46%),
and the majority of those found both inshore and
offshore (11 species, 69%) were widespread Indo-
Pacific species (Table 5).
Endemic Australian species were proportionally
highest at the inshore locations with 12 species
(50%) reported, while 14 endemic species (22%)
were reported offshore including six (43%) of those
species considered to be temperate Australian. Five
species (31%) that occurred in both locations were
Australian endemics.
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Biogeographic Code Inshore and offshore Inshore only Offshore only
WIDESPREAD
WIP 1 4
CIP 4
TSA/WIP/NWS/SS/NES/CIP/EIP 1
TA/WIP/NWS/SS/NES/CIP 1 1 3
TA/WIP/NWS/SS/CIP/EIP 1
TA/WIP/NWS/NES/CIP/EIP 1
TA/WIP/NWS/SS/CIP 1 1
TA/WIP/NWS 2
TA/WIP 2
TA/NWS/SS/NES/CIP 1
TA/NWS/NES/CIP 2
WIP/NWS 1
WIP/NWS/SS 1
WIP/NWS/SS/NES/CIP 4 1 4
WIP/NWS/SS/CIP 1 1
WIP/NWS/NES/CIP 2 4
WIP/NWS/NES/CIP/EIP 1
WIP/NWS/CIP 4
WIP/NWS/CIP/EIP 1
WIP/NES/CIP 2
WIP/NES 1
NWS/NES/CIP 3
NWS/CIP 1 5
NWS/SS/CIP 1 2
NWS/SS/NES/CIP 1 1
Widespread Total 11 11 46
AUSTRALIAN ENDEMIC
TA/NWS/SS/NES 2 2
TA/NWS/SS 1 3
TA/NWS 2 2
NWS/SS/NES 1 1
NWS/SS 1 3
NWS/NES 2 1
NES 1
NWS 2 1
TA 6
Endemic Total 5 12 14
OTHER
TSA 1
Other 1 4
Other Total 1 5
Grand Total 16 24 65
TABLE 5 Number of species with each biogeographic code. Codes are defined in the Methods.
76 J. FROMONT AND A. SAMPEY
DISCUSSION
Zoological collections are important tools for providing historical baseline biodiversity and ecological data, as well as contributing to determining biotic and human impacts on marine environments. The knowledge of the Western Australian tropical sponge fauna has increased markedly in recent years (Fromont 2003, 2004; Fromont et al. 2006; Fromont and Vanderklift 2009; Keesing et al. 2011; Schönberg and Fromont 2011), yet knowledge of the Kimberley sponge fauna has lagged behind other better studied tropical regions, such as the Pilbara and Ningaloo in WA. The specimen data collated in this study provides a historical baseline to assist current and future sponge biodiversity studies being conducted in the region.
The majority of the species collected in the Project Area were from offshore atolls, largely due to the work done by Hooper on Ashmore, Cartier and Hibernia Reefs (Hooper 1994), and by Fromont on Mermaid, Scott and Seringapatam Reefs (Fromont and Vanderklift 2009). Fewer species were reported from inshore locations due largely to sponges not being targeted for research until very recently (Bryce et al. 1997; Keesing et al. 2011). Midshelf habitats remain largely unexplored, and no sponges have been reported from these localities.
Species composition differed between offshore and onshore sites with 16 known species occurring in both areas, and the majority of the species being recorded at offshore localities. Many of the species found offshore are known coral reef species such as Pericharax heterorhapis, Rhabdastrella globostellata, Carteriospongia foliascens and Clathria (Thalysias) reinwardti. These species are also likely to be found in the more turbid inshore reef systems as effort in these locations is increased.
The differences in species richness are largely the result of collecting effort, which was not comparable between inshore and offshore locations. Although more inshore locations had sponges collected from them (26 inshore versus seven offshore), more than twice as many stations were sampled offshore compared to inshore (see Table 1) resulting in lower species diversity reported inshore.
The 342 species collated here suggest a similar high diversity in the Project Area compared to other Indo-Pacific regions (see Schönberg and Fromont 2011). High sponge species diversity has been reported across tropical Australian waters: Carnarvon Basin, WA (261 species, Schönberg and Fromont 2011), Dampier Archipelago, WA (275 species, Fromont et al. 2006), Sunshine Coast, Qld (247 species, Hooper and Kennedy 2002), Swain Reefs, Great Barrier Reef (304 species, Hooper et al. 1999), Wessel Island, NT (315 species, Hooper et al. 2002) and Darwin and Coburg Peninsula, NT
(395 species, Hooper et al. 2002; and 283 species, Przeslawski et al. 2014). Sponge diversity in the Project Area is likely to increase substantially with inshore collecting.
To date, almost two thirds of the known, described sponge species reported from the Kimberley Project Area were widespread Indo-Pacific and almost one third Australian endemics. Six of the 14 endemic species reported offshore were temperate Australian endemics (see Table 5). This is unusual, and the species require further taxonomic study to determine if they are truly this widespread or whether they represent sibling species.
The large number of sponges assigned to cf. or OTU demonstrates the enormous task of documenting these species. Hooper et al. (2013) recognised the need to compile sponge OTUs into an online workspace (www.spongemaps.org) where sponge taxonomists can compare and standardise this interim nomenclature at a national to ocean basin scale (Hall 2013).
Comprehensive sampling of Project Area marine habitats for sponges has only been undertaken offshore. It is anticipated this synthesis will facilitate future surveys in the region, and that current survey work documenting species from inshore locations will assist with filling collection gaps. In the future it is hoped that a more complete picture of sponge distributions and abundances in the Kimberley region will be realised.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Thanks to John Hooper for collecting a significant proportion of the specimens contained in this dataset. Thanks to Stacey Osborne and Albert Miles for databasing the unregistered Kimberley material in WAM collections and for checking taxonomic and spatial information in this dataset. We are also grateful to Holly Winkle for checking the biogeographic coding of the species, and for the technical support provided by Oliver Gomez. Many thanks to Drs John Hooper, Christine Schönberg and Belinda Alvarez for their helpful comments on the manuscript.
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11
1
Axi
nella
sp
. K5
1
Axi
nella
sp
. NW
1
11
Axi
nella
sp
. NW
2
1
Axi
nella
sp
. NW
3
1
Cym
bast
ela
sp. K
1
1
Cym
bast
ela
stip
itata
(B
erg
qu
ist
& T
izar
d, 1
967)
1
Cym
bast
ela
vesp
ertin
a cf
. H
oo
per
& B
erg
qu
ist,
199
21
11
Cym
bast
ela
sp. B
B1
1
Dra
gmac
idon
aus
tral
e (B
erg
qu
ist,
197
0)1
Dra
gmac
idon
dur
issi
mum
(D
end
y, 1
905)
1
Phak
ellia
sp
. BB
11
Phak
ellia
sp
. K1
1
Ren
ioch
alin
a sp
. 1
11
1
Ren
ioch
alin
a sp
. 2
11
11
Ren
ioch
alin
a st
alag
miti
s Len
den
feld
, 188
81
11
11
1
KIMBERLEY MARINE BIOTA. HISTORICAL DATA: SPONGES 83
Offs
hore
Ato
llsKi
mbe
rley
Coas
t
Taxa
Ashmore Reef
Cartier Island
Hibernia Reef
Scott Reef
Seringapatam Reef
Clerke Reef
Mermaid Reef
Beagle Bay
Broome
Cape Latouche Treville
Cape Leveque
Champagny Island
Cockatoo Island
Colbert Island
Cone Bay
Eclipse Shoals
Fenelon Island
George Water
Gibbings Island
Gourdon Bay
Green Island
Grey Shoal
Heritage Reef
Jamieson Reef
King Sound
Lacepede Islands
Lord Mayor Shoal
Packer Island
Pender Bay
Quondong Point
Talboys Rock
Tangier Shoals
Vansittart Bay
Fam
ily
: Des
mo
xyid
ae
Hig
gins
ia s
p. 1
059
1
Hig
gins
ia m
ixta
cf.
Hen
tsch
el, 1
912
1
Hig
gins
ia sc
abra
Wh
itel
egg
e, 1
907
11
Hig
gins
ia s
p. K
1
1
Fam
ily
: Dic
tyo
nel
lid
ae
Aca
nthe
lla c
aver
nosa
Den
dy,
192
21
11
Aca
nthe
lla d
endy
i (B
erg
qu
ist,
197
0)1
1
Aca
nthe
lla p
ulch
errim
a R
idle
y &
Den
dy,
188
61
1
Phak
ettia
euct
imen
a (H
ents
chel
, 191
2)1
Styl
issa
car
teri
(D
end
y, 1
889)
11
11
11
Styl
issa
con
ulos
a (D
end
y, 1
922)
11
Styl
issa
flab
ellif
orm
is (
Hen
tsch
el, 1
912)
1
Styl
issa
mas
sa (C
arte
r, 1
887)
11
Fam
ily
: Hal
ich
on
dri
idae
Axi
nyss
a sp
.?
1
Cio
caly
pta
sp. B
B1
1
Cio
caly
pta
sp. S
S3
11
1
Epip
olas
is s
p. 7
99
1
Hal
icho
ndri
a (H
alic
hond
ria)
110
1
1
Hal
icho
ndri
a (H
alic
hond
ria)
778
1
1
Hal
icho
ndri
a (H
alic
hond
ria)
786
1
Hal
icho
ndri
a (H
alic
hond
ria)
802
1
Hal
icho
ndri
a (H
alic
hond
ria)
805
1
Hal
icho
ndri
a (H
alic
hond
ria)
sp
. K1
11
Hal
icho
ndri
a sp
. NW
1
11
Hal
icho
ndri
a sp
. NW
2
11
Hal
icho
ndri
a sp
. NW
3
11
84 J. FROMONT AND A. SAMPEY
Offs
hore
Ato
llsKi
mbe
rley
Coas
t
Taxa
Ashmore Reef
Cartier Island
Hibernia Reef
Scott Reef
Seringapatam Reef
Clerke Reef
Mermaid Reef
Beagle Bay
Broome
Cape Latouche Treville
Cape Leveque
Champagny Island
Cockatoo Island
Colbert Island
Cone Bay
Eclipse Shoals
Fenelon Island
George Water
Gibbings Island
Gourdon Bay
Green Island
Grey Shoal
Heritage Reef
Jamieson Reef
King Sound
Lacepede Islands
Lord Mayor Shoal
Packer Island
Pender Bay
Quondong Point
Talboys Rock
Tangier Shoals
Vansittart Bay
Hal
icho
ndri
a sp
. NW
4
1
Hal
icho
ndri
a sp
. NW
5
1
Hym
enia
cido
n sp
. NW
1
1
Hym
enia
cido
n sp
. NW
2
1
Hal
icho
ndri
da s
p. N
W3
1
Fam
ily
: Het
ero
xyid
ae
Did
iscu
s ace
ratu
s (R
idle
y &
Den
dy,
188
6)1
Myr
mek
iode
rma
sp. 1
092
1
Myr
mek
iode
rma
gran
ulat
um (E
sper
, 179
4)1
11
11
Myr
mek
iode
rma
nive
um (R
ow
, 191
1)1
Ord
er: P
oec
iosc
leri
da
Fam
ily
: Aca
rnid
ae
Aca
rnus
tern
atus
Rid
ley,
188
41
Zyz
zya
cric
eta
cf. S
chö
nb
erg
, 200
01
Zyz
zya
fulig
inos
a cf
. (C
arte
r, 1
879)
1
Fam
ily
: Ch
on
dro
psi
dae
Batz
ella
sp
. 109
6
1
Cho
ndro
psis
sp
. NW
1
11
Cho
ndro
psis
sp
. NW
2
1
Cho
ndro
psis
sp
. NW
3
11
Fam
ily
: Cra
mb
eid
ae
Mon
anch
ora
ungu
icul
ata
(Den
dy,
192
2)1
11
Fam
ily
: Cre
llid
ae
Cre
lla (Y
vesi
a) sp
inul
ata
(Hen
tsch
el, 1
911)
1
Fam
ily
: Des
mac
elli
dae
Biem
na s
p. 7
93
1
Biem
na fo
rtis
cf.
(To
pse
nt,
189
7)1
KIMBERLEY MARINE BIOTA. HISTORICAL DATA: SPONGES 85
Offs
hore
Ato
llsKi
mbe
rley
Coas
t
Taxa
Ashmore Reef
Cartier Island
Hibernia Reef
Scott Reef
Seringapatam Reef
Clerke Reef
Mermaid Reef
Beagle Bay
Broome
Cape Latouche Treville
Cape Leveque
Champagny Island
Cockatoo Island
Colbert Island
Cone Bay
Eclipse Shoals
Fenelon Island
George Water
Gibbings Island
Gourdon Bay
Green Island
Grey Shoal
Heritage Reef
Jamieson Reef
King Sound
Lacepede Islands
Lord Mayor Shoal
Packer Island
Pender Bay
Quondong Point
Talboys Rock
Tangier Shoals
Vansittart Bay
Biem
na s
p. N
W1
11
Biem
na s
p. N
W2
1
Des
map
sam
ma
sp. 8
00
11
Fam
ily
: Hy
med
esm
iid
ae
Hym
edes
mia
(Hym
edes
mia
) sp
. 109
8
1
Fam
ily
: Io
tro
cho
tid
ae
Iotr
ocho
ta b
acul
ifera
Rid
ley,
188
41
11
11
Iotr
ocho
ta c
occi
nea
(Car
ter,
188
6)1
1
Iotr
ocho
ta c
occi
nea
cf. (
Car
ter,
188
6)1
1
Fam
ily
: Iso
dic
tyid
ae
Coe
loca
rter
ia si
ngap
oren
sis c
f. (
Car
ter,
188
3)1
Fam
ily
: Mic
roci
on
idae
Ant
ho (A
carn
ia) r
idle
yi (H
ents
chel
, 191
2)1
Cla
thri
a (M
icro
cion
a) a
cera
toob
tusa
(C
arte
r, 1
887)
11
Cla
thri
a (T
haly
sias
) abi
etin
a (L
amar
ck, 1
814)
11
Cla
thri
a (T
haly
sias
) cac
tifor
mis
(L
amar
ck, 1
814)
1
Cla
thri
a (T
haly
sias
) cer
vico
rnis
cf.
(T
hie
le, 1
903)
1
Cla
thri
a (T
haly
sias
) cop
ping
eri R
idle
y, 1
884
1
Cla
thri
a (T
haly
sias
) len
denf
eldi
R
idle
y &
Den
dy,
188
61
1
Cla
thri
a (T
haly
sias
) rei
nwar
dti V
osm
aer,
188
01
11
Cla
thri
a (T
haly
sias
) tin
gens
Ho
op
er, 1
996
1
Cla
thri
a (T
haly
sias
) tox
ifera
(Hen
tsch
el, 1
912)
11
Cla
thri
a sp
. NW
1
1
Cla
thri
a sp
. NW
2
1
Cla
thri
a sp
. NW
3
1
86 J. FROMONT AND A. SAMPEY
Offs
hore
Ato
llsKi
mbe
rley
Coas
t
Taxa
Ashmore Reef
Cartier Island
Hibernia Reef
Scott Reef
Seringapatam Reef
Clerke Reef
Mermaid Reef
Beagle Bay
Broome
Cape Latouche Treville
Cape Leveque
Champagny Island
Cockatoo Island
Colbert Island
Cone Bay
Eclipse Shoals
Fenelon Island
George Water
Gibbings Island
Gourdon Bay
Green Island
Grey Shoal
Heritage Reef
Jamieson Reef
King Sound
Lacepede Islands
Lord Mayor Shoal
Packer Island
Pender Bay
Quondong Point
Talboys Rock
Tangier Shoals
Vansittart Bay
Echi
noch
alin
a (E
chin
ocha
lina)
inte
rmed
ia c
f.
(Wh
itel
egg
e, 1
902)
1
Echi
noch
alin
a (E
chin
ocha
lina)
sp
. K1
1
Echi
noch
alin
a sp
. BB
11
Echi
noch
alin
a sp
. NW
1
1
Echi
nocl
athr
ia s
p. N
W1
1
Fam
ily
: My
cali
dae
Myc
ale (
Are
noch
alin
a) s
p. 7
95
1
Myc
ale (
Car
mia
) sp
. 239
1
Myc
ale s
p. N
W1
1
Fam
ily
: Ras
pai
liid
ae
Echi
nodi
ctyu
m ca
ncell
atum
(Lam
arck
, 181
4)1
11
Echi
nodi
ctyu
m cl
athr
ioid
es H
ents
chel
, 191
11
11
Echi
nodi
ctyu
m m
esen
terin
um (L
amar
ck, 1
814)
11
1
Ecty
opla
sia ta
bula
(Lam
arck
, 181
4)1
11
11
1
Ecty
opla
sia v
annu
s Ho
op
er, 1
991
1
Ras
paili
a (C
lath
riode
ndro
n) m
elano
rhop
s H
oo
per
, 199
11
Ras
paili
a (P
aras
yrin
gella
) cl
athr
ata
cf. R
idle
y, 1
884
1
Ras
paili
a (P
aras
yrin
gella
) nu
da c
f. H
ents
chel
, 191
11
Ras
paili
a (R
aspa
ilia)
pha
kello
psis
Ho
op
er, 1
991
1
Ras
paili
a (R
aspa
ilia)
ves
tigife
ra D
end
y, 1
896
1
Ras
paili
a (R
aspa
xilll
a) s
p. B
B1
1
Thrin
acop
hora
cerv
icor
nis c
f.
Rid
ley
& D
end
y, 1
886
11
Trik
entr
ion
flabe
llifo
rme C
arte
r, 1
882
11
KIMBERLEY MARINE BIOTA. HISTORICAL DATA: SPONGES 87
Offs
hore
Ato
llsKi
mbe
rley
Coas
t
Taxa
Ashmore Reef
Cartier Island
Hibernia Reef
Scott Reef
Seringapatam Reef
Clerke Reef
Mermaid Reef
Beagle Bay
Broome
Cape Latouche Treville
Cape Leveque
Champagny Island
Cockatoo Island
Colbert Island
Cone Bay
Eclipse Shoals
Fenelon Island
George Water
Gibbings Island
Gourdon Bay
Green Island
Grey Shoal
Heritage Reef
Jamieson Reef
King Sound
Lacepede Islands
Lord Mayor Shoal
Packer Island
Pender Bay
Quondong Point
Talboys Rock
Tangier Shoals
Vansittart Bay
Fam
ily
: Rh
abd
erem
iid
ea
Rha
bder
emia
indi
ca c
f. D
end
y, 1
905
1
Fam
ily
: Ted
anii
dae
Teda
nia
(Ted
ania
) anh
elan
s cf.
(L
ieb
erk
üh
n, 1
859)
1
Ord
er: A
gel
asid
a
Fam
ily
: Ag
elas
idae
Age
las m
auri
tiana
(Car
ter,
188
3)1
11
1
Fam
ily
: Ast
rosc
leri
dae
Ast
rosc
lera
will
eyan
a L
iste
r, 1
900
11
Ord
er: H
aplo
scle
rid
a
Fam
ily
: Cal
lysp
on
gii
dae
Are
nosc
lera
sp
. K1
1
Cal
lysp
ongi
a (C
ally
spon
gia)
102
1
Cal
lysp
ongi
a (C
ally
spon
gia)
755
1
Cal
lysp
ongi
a (C
ally
spon
gia)
791
1
Cal
lysp
ongi
a (C
ally
spon
gia)
803
1
Cal
lysp
ongi
a (C
ally
spon
gia)
938
1
Cal
lysp
ongi
a (C
ally
spon
gia)
con
foed
erat
a (R
idle
y, 1
884)
1
Cal
lysp
ongi
a (C
ally
spon
gia)
sp
. K1
11
Cal
lysp
ongi
a (C
lado
chal
ina)
cf.
aer
izus
a D
esq
uey
rou
x-F
aún
dez
, 198
41
11
Cal
lysp
ongi
a (T
oxoc
halin
a) sc
hulz
ei
(Kie
sch
nic
k, 1
900)
1
Cal
lysp
ongi
a (T
oxoc
halin
a) s
p. K
1
11
Cal
lysp
ongi
a sp
. NW
1
1
Cal
lysp
ongi
a sp
. NW
2
1
88 J. FROMONT AND A. SAMPEY
Offs
hore
Ato
llsKi
mbe
rley
Coas
t
Taxa
Ashmore Reef
Cartier Island
Hibernia Reef
Scott Reef
Seringapatam Reef
Clerke Reef
Mermaid Reef
Beagle Bay
Broome
Cape Latouche Treville
Cape Leveque
Champagny Island
Cockatoo Island
Colbert Island
Cone Bay
Eclipse Shoals
Fenelon Island
George Water
Gibbings Island
Gourdon Bay
Green Island
Grey Shoal
Heritage Reef
Jamieson Reef
King Sound
Lacepede Islands
Lord Mayor Shoal
Packer Island
Pender Bay
Quondong Point
Talboys Rock
Tangier Shoals
Vansittart Bay
Cal
lysp
ongi
a sp
. NW
3
1
Cal
lysp
ongi
a sp
. NW
4
1
Cal
lysp
ongi
a sp
. NW
5
1
Cal
lysp
ongi
a sp
. NW
6
1
Fam
ily
: Ch
alin
idae
Cha
linul
a co
nfus
a (D
end
y, 1
922)
1
Hal
iclo
na (G
elliu
s) a
mbo
inen
sis (
Lév
i, 19
61)
11
Hal
iclo
na (G
elliu
s) c
ymae
form
is (E
sper
, 179
4)1
11
11
Hal
iclo
na (H
alic
lona
) sp
. 102
2
1
Hal
iclo
na (H
alic
lona
) sp
. 384
1
1
Hal
iclo
na (H
alic
lona
) sp
. 945
1
Hal
iclo
na (R
enie
ra) s
p. 7
89
1
Hal
iclo
na (R
enie
ra) s
p. 8
01
1
Hal
iclo
na (R
enie
ra) s
p. N
W2
11
Hal
iclo
na (R
enie
ra) s
p. N
W6
1
Hal
iclo
na (R
enie
ra) s
p. N
W7
1
Hal
iclo
na (R
enie
ra) s
p. N
W8
1
Hal
iclo
na k
orem
ella
de
Lau
ben
fels
, 195
41
Hal
iclo
na s
p. N
W1
1
Hal
iclo
na s
p. N
W10
1
Hal
iclo
na s
p. N
W3
1
Hal
iclo
na s
p. N
W4
11
Hal
iclo
na s
p. N
W5
11
Hal
iclo
na s
p. N
W9
1
Hal
iclo
na v
iola
cf.
Ho
shin
o, 1
981
1
Fam
ily
: Nip
hat
idae
Am
phim
edon
lam
ella
ta F
rom
on
t, 1
993
11
Am
phim
edon
par
avir
idis
Fro
mo
nt,
199
31
KIMBERLEY MARINE BIOTA. HISTORICAL DATA: SPONGES 89
Offs
hore
Ato
llsKi
mbe
rley
Coas
t
Taxa
Ashmore Reef
Cartier Island
Hibernia Reef
Scott Reef
Seringapatam Reef
Clerke Reef
Mermaid Reef
Beagle Bay
Broome
Cape Latouche Treville
Cape Leveque
Champagny Island
Cockatoo Island
Colbert Island
Cone Bay
Eclipse Shoals
Fenelon Island
George Water
Gibbings Island
Gourdon Bay
Green Island
Grey Shoal
Heritage Reef
Jamieson Reef
King Sound
Lacepede Islands
Lord Mayor Shoal
Packer Island
Pender Bay
Quondong Point
Talboys Rock
Tangier Shoals
Vansittart Bay
Am
phim
edon
sp
. 881
1
Am
phim
edon
sp
. NW
1
11
Cri
broc
halin
a sp
. 792
1
1
Gel
liode
s sp
. 555
1
Gel
liode
s sp
. 619
1
Gel
liode
s sp
. 777
1
Gel
liode
s fibu
lata
(Car
ter,
188
1)1
11
11
1
Gel
liode
s sp
. BB
11
Nip
hate
s niti
da c
f. F
rom
on
t, 1
993
1
Nip
hate
s ole
mda
(de
Lau
ben
fels
, 195
4)1
Nip
hate
s sp
. NW
1
11
1
Nip
hate
s sp
. NW
3
1
Nip
hate
s sp
. NW
4
1
Nip
hate
s sp
. NW
5
1
Fam
ily
: Pet
rosi
idae
Aca
ntho
stro
ngyl
opho
ra a
shm
oric
a
Ho
op
er, 1
984
1
Neo
petr
osia
exig
ua (K
irk
pat
rick
, 190
0)1
11
11
1
Petr
osia
(Pet
rosi
a) s
p. 1
095
1
Petr
osia
(Pet
rosi
a) s
p. 1
103
1
Petr
osia
(Pet
rosi
a) s
p. 1
13
1
Petr
osia
(Pet
rosi
a) n
igri
cans
Lin
dg
ren
, 189
71
11
Petr
osia
(Str
ongy
loph
ora)
du
riss
ima
cf. (
Den
dy,
190
5)1
11
Petr
osia
(Str
ongy
loph
ora)
sp
. NW
1
11
Petr
osia
(Str
ongy
loph
ora)
sp
. NW
2
11
Petr
osia
(Str
ongy
loph
ora)
stro
ngyl
ata
cf
. Th
iele
, 190
31
1
90 J. FROMONT AND A. SAMPEY
Offs
hore
Ato
llsKi
mbe
rley
Coas
t
Taxa
Ashmore Reef
Cartier Island
Hibernia Reef
Scott Reef
Seringapatam Reef
Clerke Reef
Mermaid Reef
Beagle Bay
Broome
Cape Latouche Treville
Cape Leveque
Champagny Island
Cockatoo Island
Colbert Island
Cone Bay
Eclipse Shoals
Fenelon Island
George Water
Gibbings Island
Gourdon Bay
Green Island
Grey Shoal
Heritage Reef
Jamieson Reef
King Sound
Lacepede Islands
Lord Mayor Shoal
Packer Island
Pender Bay
Quondong Point
Talboys Rock
Tangier Shoals
Vansittart Bay
Petr
osia
(Str
ongy
loph
ora)
stro
ngyl
ata
T
hie
le, 1
903
1
Petr
osia
sp
. NW
3
11
Petr
osia
sp
. NW
4
1
Petr
osia
sp
. NW
5
1
Petr
osia
sp
. NW
6
1
Xes
tosp
ongi
a be
rgqu
istia
cf.
Fro
mo
nt,
199
11
11
Xes
tosp
ongi
a sp
. NW
1
1
Xes
tosp
ongi
a sp
. NW
2
1
Xes
tosp
ongi
a te
stud
inar
ia (L
amar
ck, 1
815)
11
11
11
11
Fam
ily
: Ph
loeo
dic
tyid
ae
Siph
onod
icty
on m
ucos
um B
erg
qu
ist,
196
51
Siph
onod
icty
on p
arat
ypic
um c
f. (
Fro
mo
nt,
199
3)1
Siph
onod
icty
on s
p. 1
102
1
Siph
onod
icty
on s
p. 3
32
1
Siph
onod
icty
on s
p. K
1
1
Siph
onod
icty
on s
p. K
2
11
Siph
onod
icty
on s
p. N
W1
1
Siph
onod
icty
on s
p. N
W2
1
Oce
anap
ia a
mbo
inen
sis T
op
sen
t, 1
897
11
1
Oce
anap
ia m
acro
toxa
(Ho
op
er, 1
984)
11
1
Oce
anap
ia ra
msa
yi L
end
enfe
ld, 1
888
1
Oce
anap
ia s
p. N
W1
1
Ord
er: D
icty
oce
rati
da
Fam
ily
:Dy
sid
eid
ae
Dys
idea
sp
. 111
1
Dys
idea
are
nari
a B
erg
qu
ist,
196
51
1
Dys
idea
gra
nulo
sa B
erg
qu
ist,
196
51
Dys
idea
gra
nulo
sa c
f. B
erg
qu
ist,
196
51
1
KIMBERLEY MARINE BIOTA. HISTORICAL DATA: SPONGES 91
Offs
hore
Ato
llsKi
mbe
rley
Coas
t
Taxa
Ashmore Reef
Cartier Island
Hibernia Reef
Scott Reef
Seringapatam Reef
Clerke Reef
Mermaid Reef
Beagle Bay
Broome
Cape Latouche Treville
Cape Leveque
Champagny Island
Cockatoo Island
Colbert Island
Cone Bay
Eclipse Shoals
Fenelon Island
George Water
Gibbings Island
Gourdon Bay
Green Island
Grey Shoal
Heritage Reef
Jamieson Reef
King Sound
Lacepede Islands
Lord Mayor Shoal
Packer Island
Pender Bay
Quondong Point
Talboys Rock
Tangier Shoals
Vansittart Bay
Dys
idea
sp
. NW
1
1
Dys
idea
sp
. NW
3
1
Dys
idea
sp
. NW
4
11
Dys
idea
sp
. NW
5
11
Eury
spon
gia
delic
atul
a cf
. Ber
qu
ist,
199
51
Lam
ello
dysi
dea
herb
acea
(K
elle
r, 1
889)
11
11
11
1
Fam
ily
: Irc
inii
dae
Irci
nia
sp. 1
1
Irci
nia
ram
osa
cf. (
Kel
ler,
188
9)1
Irci
nia
sp. N
W1
11
Irci
nia
sp. N
W2
1
Psam
moc
inia
sp
. 2
1
Sarc
otra
gus s
p. 1
1
Sarc
otra
gus s
p. N
W1
11
Sarc
otra
gus s
p. S
S8
11
11
11
Fam
ily
: Sp
on
gii
dae
Hip
posp
ongi
a sp
. 27
1
Hip
posp
ongi
a sp
. 6
1
Hip
posp
ongi
a sp
. NW
1
1
Hip
posp
ongi
a sp
. SS1
1
Hya
ttel
la in
test
inal
is (L
amar
ck, 1
814)
1
Spon
gia
(Spo
ngia
) aus
tral
is cf
. Ber
gq
uis
t, 1
995
1
Spon
gia
sp. 1
5
1
Spon
gia
sp. N
W1
1
Fam
ily
: Th
ore
ctid
ae
Apl
ysin
opsi
s ele
gans
Len
den
feld
, 188
81
Cac
ospo
ngia
sp
. NW
1
1
Car
terio
spon
gia
flabe
llifer
a
(Bo
wer
ban
k, 1
877)
11
92 J. FROMONT AND A. SAMPEY
Offs
hore
Ato
llsKi
mbe
rley
Coas
t
Taxa
Ashmore Reef
Cartier Island
Hibernia Reef
Scott Reef
Seringapatam Reef
Clerke Reef
Mermaid Reef
Beagle Bay
Broome
Cape Latouche Treville
Cape Leveque
Champagny Island
Cockatoo Island
Colbert Island
Cone Bay
Eclipse Shoals
Fenelon Island
George Water
Gibbings Island
Gourdon Bay
Green Island
Grey Shoal
Heritage Reef
Jamieson Reef
King Sound
Lacepede Islands
Lord Mayor Shoal
Packer Island
Pender Bay
Quondong Point
Talboys Rock
Tangier Shoals
Vansittart Bay
Car
terio
spon
gia
folia
scen
s (P
alla
s, 1
766)
11
1
Dac
tylo
spon
gia
elega
ns (T
hie
le, 1
899)
11
11
Dac
tylo
spon
gia
sp. N
W1
1
Fasc
aply
sinop
sis re
ticul
ata
(Hen
tsch
el, 1
912)
11
Fasc
iosp
ongi
a sp
. 1
1
Hyr
tios e
rect
us (K
elle
r, 1
889)
11
11
Hyr
tios s
p. N
W1
1
Luffa
riella
sp. 8
04
1
Luffa
riella
sp. K
1 1
Phyl
losp
ongi
a pa
pyra
cea
(Esp
er, 1
794)
11
11
Thor
ecta
sp. 1
1 1
Thor
ecta
sp. K
1 1
11
Thor
ecta
ndra
sp. 1
1
Ord
er: D
end
roce
rati
da
Fam
ily
: Dar
win
elli
dae
Che
lona
plys
illa
sp. N
W1
1
Che
lona
plys
illa
sp. N
W2
1
Fam
ily
: Dic
tyo
den
dri
llid
ae
Dic
tyod
endr
illa
sp. 3
62
1
Dic
tyod
endr
illa
sp. N
W1
1
Ord
er: V
ero
ng
ida
Ver
ongi
da s
p. N
W1
1
Fam
ily
: Ap
lysi
nel
lid
ae
Sube
rea
iant
helli
form
is (L
end
enfe
ld, 1
888)
11
Sube
rea
labo
utei
cf.
Ber
gq
uis
t, 1
995
1
Sube
rea
sp. N
W1
1
KIMBERLEY MARINE BIOTA. HISTORICAL DATA: SPONGES 93
Offs
hore
Ato
llsKi
mbe
rley
Coas
t
Taxa
Ashmore Reef
Cartier Island
Hibernia Reef
Scott Reef
Seringapatam Reef
Clerke Reef
Mermaid Reef
Beagle Bay
Broome
Cape Latouche Treville
Cape Leveque
Champagny Island
Cockatoo Island
Colbert Island
Cone Bay
Eclipse Shoals
Fenelon Island
George Water
Gibbings Island
Gourdon Bay
Green Island
Grey Shoal
Heritage Reef
Jamieson Reef
King Sound
Lacepede Islands
Lord Mayor Shoal
Packer Island
Pender Bay
Quondong Point
Talboys Rock
Tangier Shoals
Vansittart Bay
Fam
ily
: Ap
lysi
nid
ae
Apl
ysin
a sp
. 125
1
Apl
ysin
a sp
. 589
cf.
A
. ret
icul
ata
Len
den
feld
, 188
91
Apl
ysin
a sp
. NW
1
1
Apl
ysin
idae
sp
. K1
1
Fam
ily
: Ian
thel
lid
ae
Iant
hella
bas
ta (P
alla
s, 1
766)
1
Iant
hella
flab
ellif
orm
is (P
alla
s, 1
766)
1
Iant
hella
qua
dran
gula
ta B
erg
qu
ist
&
Kel
ly-B
org
es, 1
995
1
Fam
ily
: Pse
ud
oce
rati
nid
ae
Pseu
doce
ratin
a sp
. 190
1
Pseu
doce
ratin
a sp
. 364
1
Pseu
doce
ratin
a sp
. 1
1
Pseu
doce
ratin
a sp
. 2
1
Pseu
doce
ratin
a ve
rruc
osa
cf. B
erg
qu
ist,
199
51
To
tal
nu
mb
er
of
speci
es
73
85
54
111
49
25
69
53
17
14
1111
12
12
12
17
14
1111
28
1114
14
1111
12
12
33
20
45
1113
12
94 J. FROMONT AND A. SAMPEY
APPE
NDI
X 2
Know
n sp
ecie
s of
spo
nges
reco
rded
from
the
Proj
ect A
rea,
the
loca
tions
whe
re th
ey w
ere
repo
rted
, and
thei
r bio
geog
raph
ic c
odin
g.
Taxa
Offshore
Inshore
Temp Aus
Temp Sth Africa
Western Indo-Pac
NW Aust Shelf
Sahul Shelf
NE Aust Shelf
Central Indo-Pac
Eastern Indo-Pac
Com
men
ts
CA
LC
AR
EA
Ord
er:
Cla
thri
nid
a
Fam
ily
: L
eu
cett
idae
Per
icha
rax
hete
rora
phis
Po
léja
eff,
1883
11
11
11
1
HO
MO
SC
LE
RO
MO
RP
HA
Ord
er:
Ho
mo
scle
rop
ho
rid
a
Fam
ily
: P
lak
inid
ae
Pla
kina
stre
lla m
amm
illar
is L
end
enfe
ld, 1907
1
Pla
kort
is c
omm
unis
Mu
ricy
, 2010
11
11
Pla
kort
is n
igra
Lév
i, 1
953
1
DE
MO
SP
ON
GIA
E
Ord
er:
Sp
iro
ph
ori
da
Cin
achy
rella
aus
tral
iens
is C
art
er, 1886
11
11
1
Cin
achy
rella
eni
gmat
ica
(Bu
rto
n, 1934)
1
Cin
achy
rella
sch
ulze
i (K
elle
r, 1
891)
11
Cin
achy
rella
tare
ntin
a (P
uli
tzer
-Fin
ali
, 1983)
Tem
p N
th A
tlan
tic;
Tro
p A
tlan
tic
Ord
er:
Ast
rop
ho
rid
a
Mel
ophl
us s
aras
inor
um T
hie
le, 1899
11
11
Rha
bdas
trel
la g
lobo
stel
lata
(Cart
er, 1883)
11
11
11
Stel
lett
a cl
avos
a R
idle
y, 1
884
11
11
11
Stel
lett
a sp
lend
ens
Tan
ita, 1965
Tem
p N
th P
aci
fic
(Sea
of
Jap
an
)
Ord
er:
Had
rom
eri
da
Fam
ily
: C
lio
naid
ae
Clio
na c
elat
a G
ran
t, 1
826
1T
emp
Nth
Atl
an
tic,
Tro
p A
tlan
tic
Clio
na d
issi
mili
s R
idle
y &
Den
dy,
1886
11
1
KIMBERLEY MARINE BIOTA. HISTORICAL DATA: SPONGES 95
Taxa
Offshore
Inshore
Temp Aus
Temp Sth Africa
Western Indo-Pac
NW Aust Shelf
Sahul Shelf
NE Aust Shelf
Central Indo-Pac
Eastern Indo-Pac
Com
men
ts
Clio
na o
rien
talis
Th
iele
, 1900
11
11
1
Pio
ne la
mpa
(de
Lau
ben
fels
, 1950)
Tro
p A
tlan
tic
Pio
ne v
elan
s H
ents
chel
, 1909
11
1
Sphe
cios
pong
ia p
apill
osa
Rid
ley
& D
end
y, 1
886
1
Sphe
cios
pong
ia v
agab
unda
(Rid
ley,
1884)
11
11
Fam
ily
: H
em
iast
ere
llid
ae
Axo
s fla
belli
form
is C
art
er, 1879
11
Fam
ily
: S
ub
eri
tid
ae
Aap
tos
aapt
os (S
chm
idt,
1864)
Tem
p N
th A
tlan
tic
Fam
ily
: T
eth
yid
ae
Ant
hote
thya
from
onta
e S
ara
& S
ara
, 2002
1
Ord
er:
Ch
on
dro
sid
a
Fam
ily
: C
ho
nd
rill
idae
Cho
ndri
lla a
ustr
alie
nsis
Cart
er, 1873
11
11
11
Fam
ily
: H
ali
sarc
idae
Hal
isar
ca d
ujar
dini
Joh
nst
on
, 1842
Tem
p N
th A
tlan
tic
Ord
er:
Lit
his
tid
a
Fam
ily
: T
heo
nell
idae
Dis
code
rmia
dis
cife
ra (L
end
enfe
ld, 1907)
11
1
The
onel
la c
ylin
dric
a W
ilso
n, 1925
1
The
onel
la le
vior
Len
den
feld
, 1907
11
The
onel
la s
win
hoei
Gra
y, 1
868
11
96 J. FROMONT AND A. SAMPEY
Taxa
Offshore
Inshore
Temp Aus
Temp Sth Africa
Western Indo-Pac
NW Aust Shelf
Sahul Shelf
NE Aust Shelf
Central Indo-Pac
Eastern Indo-Pac
Com
men
ts
Ord
er:
Hali
cho
nd
rid
a
Fam
ily
: A
xin
ell
idae
Axi
nella
aru
ensi
s (H
ents
chel
, 1912)
11
11
Axi
nella
laby
rint
hica
Den
dy,
1889
1
Cym
bast
ela
stip
itat
a (B
erg
qu
ist
& T
izard
, 1967)
11
Dra
gmac
idon
aus
tral
e (B
erg
qu
ist,
1970)
11
11
Dra
gmac
idon
dur
issi
mum
(Den
dy,
1905)
11
1
Ren
ioch
alin
a st
alag
mit
is L
end
enfe
ld, 1888
11
1
Fam
ily
: D
esm
oxy
idae
Hig
gins
ia s
cabr
a W
hit
eleg
ge,
1907
1
Fam
ily
: D
icty
on
ell
idae
Aca
nthe
lla c
aver
nosa
Den
dy,
1922
11
11
Aca
nthe
lla d
endy
i (B
erg
qu
ist,
1970)
1
Aca
nthe
lla p
ulch
erri
ma
Rid
ley
& D
end
y, 1
886
11
11
1
Pha
kett
ia e
ucti
men
a (H
ents
chel
, 1912)
11
Styl
issa
car
teri
(Den
dy,
1889)
11
1
Styl
issa
con
ulos
a (D
end
y, 1
922)
1
Styl
issa
flab
ellif
orm
is (H
ents
chel
, 1912)
11
1
Styl
issa
mas
sa (C
art
er, 1887)
11
11
Fam
ily
: H
ete
roxy
idae
Did
iscu
s ac
erat
us (R
idle
y &
Den
dy,
1886)
11
11
Myr
mek
iode
rma
gran
ulat
um (E
sper
, 1794)
11
11
1
Myr
mek
iode
rma
nive
um (R
ow
, 1911
)1
KIMBERLEY MARINE BIOTA. HISTORICAL DATA: SPONGES 97
Taxa
Offshore
Inshore
Temp Aus
Temp Sth Africa
Western Indo-Pac
NW Aust Shelf
Sahul Shelf
NE Aust Shelf
Central Indo-Pac
Eastern Indo-Pac
Com
men
ts
Ord
er:
Po
eci
losc
leri
da
Fam
ily
: A
carn
idae
Aca
rnus
tern
atus
Rid
ley,
1884
11
1
Fam
ily
: C
ram
beid
ae
Mon
anch
ora
ungu
icul
ata
(Den
dy,
1922)
11
1T
rop
Atl
an
tic
Fam
ily
: C
rell
idae
Cre
lla (Y
vesi
a) s
pinu
lata
(Hen
tsch
el, 1911
)1
1
Fam
ily
: Io
tro
cho
tid
ae
Iotr
ocho
ta b
acul
ifera
Rid
ley,
1884
11
11
11
Iotr
ocho
ta c
occi
nea
(Cart
er, 1886)
1
Fam
ily
: M
icro
cio
nid
ae
Ant
ho (A
carn
ia) r
idle
yi (H
ents
chel
, 1912)
11
Cla
thri
a (M
icro
cion
a) a
cera
toob
tusa
(Cart
er, 18
87)
11
11
1
Cla
thri
a (T
haly
sias
) abi
etin
a (L
am
arc
k, 1814)
11
11
1
Cla
thri
a (T
haly
sias
) cac
tifo
rmis
(Lam
arc
k, 1814)
11
1
Cla
thri
a (T
haly
sias
) cop
ping
eri R
idle
y, 1
884
11
11
Cla
thri
a (T
haly
sias
) len
denf
eldi
Rid
ley
& D
end
y, 1
886
11
11
11
Cla
thri
a (T
haly
sias
) rei
nwar
dti V
osm
aer
, 1880
11
11
1
Cla
thri
a (T
haly
sias
) tin
gens
Ho
op
er, 1996
11
1
Cla
thri
a (T
haly
sias
) tox
ifera
(Hen
tsch
el, 1912)
11
1
Fam
ily
: R
asp
ail
iid
ae
Ech
inod
icty
um c
ance
llatu
m (L
am
arc
k, 1814)
11
11
Ech
inod
icty
um c
lath
rioi
des
Hen
tsch
el, 1911
11
Ech
inod
icty
um m
esen
teri
num
(Lam
arc
k, 1814)
11
11
Ect
yopl
asia
tabu
la (
Lam
arc
k, 1814)
11
1
Ect
yopl
asia
van
nus
Ho
op
er, 1991
11
98 J. FROMONT AND A. SAMPEY
Taxa
Offshore
Inshore
Temp Aus
Temp Sth Africa
Western Indo-Pac
NW Aust Shelf
Sahul Shelf
NE Aust Shelf
Central Indo-Pac
Eastern Indo-Pac
Com
men
ts
Ras
paili
a (C
lath
riod
endr
on) m
elan
orho
ps H
oo
per
, 1991
1
Ras
paili
a (R
aspa
ilia)
pha
kello
psis
Ho
op
er, 1991
11
Ras
paili
a (R
aspa
ilia)
ves
tigi
fera
Den
dy,
1896
11
1
Trik
entr
ion
flabe
llifo
rme
Cart
er, 1882
11
1
Ord
er:
Ag
ela
sid
a
Fam
ily
: A
gela
sid
ae
Age
las
mau
riti
ana
(Cart
er, 1883)
11
Fam
ily
: A
stro
scle
rid
ae
Ast
rosc
lera
will
eyan
a L
iste
r, 1
900
11
11
1
Ord
er:
Hap
losc
leri
da
Fam
ily
: C
all
ysp
on
gii
dae
Cal
lysp
ongi
a (C
ally
spon
gia)
con
foed
erat
a (R
idle
y, 1
884)
11
1
Cal
lysp
ongi
a (T
oxoc
halin
a) s
chul
zei (
Kie
sch
nic
k, 1900)
1
Fam
ily
: C
hali
nid
ae
Cha
linul
a co
nfus
a (D
end
y, 1
922)
1
Hal
iclo
na (G
elliu
s) a
mbo
inen
sis
(Lév
i, 1
961)
11
11
Hal
iclo
na (G
elliu
s) c
ymae
form
is (E
sper
, 1794)
11
11
1
Hal
iclo
na k
orem
ella
de
Lau
ben
fels
, 1954
11
Fam
ily
: N
iph
ati
dae
Am
phim
edon
lam
ella
ta F
rom
on
t, 1
993
11
Am
phim
edon
par
avir
idis
Fro
mo
nt,
1993
11
Gel
liode
s fib
ulat
a (C
art
er, 1881)
11
11
11
Nip
hate
s ol
emda
(d
e L
au
ben
fels
, 1954)
1
Fam
ily
: P
etr
osi
idae
Aca
ntho
stro
ngyl
opho
ra a
shm
oric
a H
oo
per
, 198
41
KIMBERLEY MARINE BIOTA. HISTORICAL DATA: SPONGES 99
Taxa
Offshore
Inshore
Temp Aus
Temp Sth Africa
Western Indo-Pac
NW Aust Shelf
Sahul Shelf
NE Aust Shelf
Central Indo-Pac
Eastern Indo-Pac
Com
men
ts
Neo
petr
osia
exi
gua
(Kir
kp
atr
ick
, 1900)
11
11
Pet
rosi
a (P
etro
sia)
nig
rica
ns L
ind
gre
n, 1897
11
1
Pet
rosi
a (S
tron
gylo
phor
a) s
tron
gyla
ta T
hie
le, 1903
11
Xes
tosp
ongi
a te
stud
inar
ia (L
am
arc
k, 1815)
11
11
1
Fam
ily
: P
hlo
eo
dic
tyid
ae
Siph
onod
icty
on m
ucos
um B
erg
qu
ist,
1965
11
1
Oce
anap
ia a
mbo
inen
sis
To
pse
nt,
1897
11
Oce
anap
ia m
acro
toxa
(Ho
op
er, 1984)
11
Oce
anap
ia r
amsa
yi L
end
enfe
ld, 1888
11
Ord
er:
Dic
tyo
cera
tid
a
Fam
ily
: D
ysi
deid
ae
Dys
idea
are
nari
a B
erg
qu
ist,
1965
11
Dys
idea
gra
nulo
sa B
erg
qu
ist,
1965
11
Lam
ello
dysi
dea
herb
acea
(K
elle
r, 1
889)
11
11
Fam
ily
: S
po
ng
iid
ae
Hya
ttel
la in
test
inal
is (L
am
arc
k, 1814)
11
Fam
ily
: T
ho
rect
idae
Apl
ysin
opsi
s el
egan
s L
end
enfe
ld, 1888
11
11
Tem
p N
th P
aci
fic
Car
teri
ospo
ngia
flab
ellif
era
(Bo
wer
ban
k, 1877)
11
1
Car
teri
ospo
ngia
folia
scen
s (P
all
as,
1766)
11
11
11
Dac
tylo
spon
gia
eleg
ans
(Th
iele
, 1899)
11
Fasc
aply
sino
psis
ret
icul
ata
(Hen
tsch
el, 1912)
11
11
1
Hyr
tios
ere
ctus
(Kel
ler,
1889)
11
1
Phy
llosp
ongi
a pa
pyra
cea
(Esp
er, 1794)
11
11
100 J. FROMONT AND A. SAMPEY
Taxa
Offshore
Inshore
Temp Aus
Temp Sth Africa
Western Indo-Pac
NW Aust Shelf
Sahul Shelf
NE Aust Shelf
Central Indo-Pac
Eastern Indo-Pac
Com
men
ts
Ord
er:
Vero
ng
ida
Fam
ily
: A
ply
sin
ell
idae
Sube
rea
iant
helli
form
is (L
end
enfe
ld, 1888)
11
Fam
ily
: Ia
nth
ell
idae
Iant
hella
bas
ta (P
all
as,
1766)
11
11
Iant
hella
flab
ellif
orm
is (P
all
as,
1766)
11
11
1
Iant
hella
qua
dran
gula
ta B
erg
qu
ist
& K
elly
-Bo
rges
, 1995
1
To
tal
speci
es
81
40
34
247
76
39
45
56
5