Species Cinachyra barbata Sollas, 1886

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• Cinachyra barbata Sollas, W.J. 1886. Preliminary account of the tetractinellid sponges dredged by H.M.S. Challenger, 1872–1876. Part 1. The Choristida. Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society ns 5: 177-199 [183].

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  Syntype(s) BMNH 1889.1.1.14 st. 149c wet (coord for Balfour Bay), 46 m, off Royal Sound and 110 m, Balfour Bay, Kerguelen, Subantarctic [69°04'55"N 94°24'39"W]; BMNH 1889.1.1.15 st. 149b wet (coord for Balfour Bay), 46 m, off Royal Sound and 110 m, Balfour Bay, Kerguelen, Subantarctic [69°04'55"N 94°24'39"W]; BMNH 1889.1.1.16 st. 149b wet (coord for Balfour Bay), 46 m, off Royal Sound and 110 m, Balfour Bay, Kerguelen, Subantarctic [69°04'55"N 94°24'39"W]; BMNH 1889.1.1.17 st. 149b wet (coord for Balfour Bay), 46 m, off Royal Sound and 110 m, Balfour Bay, Kerguelen, Subantarctic [69°04'55"N 94°24'39"W]; BMNH 1889.1.1.18 st. 149 wet (coord for Balfour Bay), 46 m, off Royal Sound and 110 m, Balfour Bay, Kerguelen, Subantarctic [69°04'55"N 94°24'39"W]; BMNH 1889.1.1.19 st. 149 wet, 11.16.37–51 unregistered 17 slides, 1/80 (coord for Balfour Bay), 46 m, off Royal Sound and 110 m, Balfour Bay, Kerguelen, Subantarctic [69°04'55"N 94°24'39"W]; BMNH 1889.1.107 dry (11.16.37–51unregistered 17 slides, 1/80 (coord for Balfour Bay)), 46 m, off Royal Sound and 110 m, Balfour Bay, Kerguelen, Subantarctic [69°04'55"N 94°24'39"W]; BMNH 1889.1.1.108 dry (11.16.37–51unregistered 17 slides, 1/80 (coord for Balfour Bay)), 46 m, off Royal Sound and 110 m, Balfour Bay, Kerguelen, Subantarctic [69°04'55"N 94°24'39"W]; BMNH 1894 dry (11.16.37–51unregistered 17 slides, 1/80 (coord for Balfour Bay)), 46 m, off Royal Sound and 110 m, Balfour Bay, Kerguelen, Subantarctic [69°04'55"N 94°24'39"W].

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Aust. Antarctic Terr.; circum-Antarctic and Southern Ocean.

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth subtidal–549 m.

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