Species Aplysinella rhax (Laubenfels, 1954)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Dysidea rhax Laubenfels, M.W. de 1954. The sponges of the West-Central Pacific. Oregon State Monographs. Studies in Zoology 7: 1-306 pls 1-12 [39].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 23013, Likiep Atollat east end of lagoon near Lado islet.
  Paratype(s) USNM 23016 (depth of 5 m; substrate was dead coral), Likiep Atoll at south side of lagoon near Eotli Island; USNM 22957 (depth 4 m; substrate was dead coral), Majuro Atoll at east end of Lagoon near Rita (or Jarej) Islet; USNM 22992 (depth 2m; substrate dead coral), Ebon Atoll at southeast side of Lagoon; USNM 23027 (depth of 5m; substrate dead coral), Northwestern Ponape, in central part of lagoon.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Aquatic, coral reef, filter-feeder.

General References

Hooper, J.N.A., List-Armitage, S.E., Kennedy, J.A., Cook, S.D. & Valentine, C.A. 1999. Sponges of the Low Isles, Great Barrier Reef: an important scientific site, or a case of mistaken identity? Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 44: 249-262 [260] (Listed in this article)

Nevalainen, T.J., Quinn, R.J. & Hooper, J.N.A. 2004. Phospholipase A2 in Porifera. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 137(B): 413-420 [415] (Listed in this article)

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