Species Amphilectus edwardi (Bowerbank, 1866)

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• Isodictya edwardi Bowerbank, J.S. 1866. A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. London : Ray Society Vol. 2 388 pp. [325].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH, Banff, Scotland.
  Paratype(s) BMNH 1877.5.21.747 slide, Hebrides.
• Isodictya gracilis Bowerbank, J.S. 1866. A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. London : Ray Society Vol. 2 388 pp. [331].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH, 9–11 m, Larne Lough, Ireland; BMNH 1877.5.21.754 slide, 9–11 m, Larne Lough, Ireland.
• Isodictya paupera Bowerbank, J.S. 1866. A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. London : Ray Society Vol. 2 388 pp. [328].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1877.5.21.750, Torquay, England; BMNH 1877.5.21.939, Torquay, England.
• Esperiopsis crassofibrosa Brøndsted, H.V. 1923. Sponges from the Auckland and Campbell Islands. In Mortensen, T. (ed.) Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914–16. XV. Vidensk. Meddr. Dansk. Naturh. Foren. Kbh. 75: 117–167. [139].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMUC, 18 m, Port Ross, Auckland Ils, New Zealand.

  Secondary source:

   Bergquist, P.R. 1968. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Porifera, Demospongiae, Part 1 (Tetractinomorpha and Lithistida). Bulletin of the New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research 188: 1-105 15 pls 30 figs [11].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Wiedenmayer, F. in Hooper, J.N.A. & Wiedenmayer, F. 1994. Porifera. pp. 1-620 in Wells, A. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia Vol. 12 xiii 624 pp. [Date published 21/Nov/1994] [162]

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Macquarie Is., Heard Is.; Buckle Bay, also N and S Atlantic Ocean, New Zealand, Subantarctic and SE Pacific Ocean.

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 0–271 m.

History of changes