Heteropia glomerosa is a species of calcareous sponge in the family Heteropiidae, and was first described as Leuconia glomerosa in 1873 by James Scott Bowerbank.
[2][1] In Australia, the species is found in the IMCRA regions of the Central Western Shelf Transition, Central Western Shelf Province, Northwest Province, and the Central Western Transition (on the north-west Western Australian coastline).
[3] The dried type specimen came from Port Elizabeth and brought by Captain Charles Tyler to Bowerbank.
[1] Plate 4 from Bowerbank's description of Leuconia glomerosa[1]
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