Species Darwinella gardineri Topsent, 1905

Museums

Regional Maps

• Darwinella gardineri Topsent, E. 1905. Etude sur les Dendroceratida. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale 4 3: clxxi-cxcii 3 figs [clxxix].

  Type data:

   Holotype MOM (or MNHP Paris - egaz), Fadifolu Atoll, Maldive Is., Indian Ocean [5°25'19"N 73°38'45"E].

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Deal Is.; also Indian Ocean, Red Sea, Mediterranean, Maldive Is., Abulat Is. and Ligurian Sea; distribution extremely suspect, definitely consisting of several sibling species (Bergquist,\ 1996).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 0–6 m depth.

 

General References

Carpay, M. 1986. The marine sponges of Tasmania. A checklist of a number of marine sponges, occurring along the Tasmanian coast. Unpublished M.Sc. thesis, Department of Bijzondere Dierkunde, Institute of Taxonomic Zoology, Amsterdam. pp. 1–77. [43]

Wiedenmayer, F. 1989. Demospongiae (Porifera) from northern Bass Strait (Shelf of Southern Australia). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 50(1): 1-242 [149]

 

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)