Species Clathria (Thalysias) koltuni Hooper, 1994

Museums

Regional Maps

• Stylotellopsis antarcticus Koltun, V.M. 1964. Sponges of the Antarctic. Part 1. Tetraxonida and Cornacuspongida. 6-116, 428-433 (systematic index), pls 1-15 in Pavlovskii, E.P., Andriyashev, A.P. & Ushakov, P.V. (eds). Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R., Zoological Institute: Explorations of the fauna of the seas II (X). Biological Reports of the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1955–1958). Moscow : Izdatel'stvo ‘Nauka' Vol. 2. [in Russian] [66].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) ZIL No. 10637 wet, 610–860 m, Budd Coast, Aust. Antarctic Terr. (65º24´S 113º00´E) [65°24´S 113°00´E]; ZIL No. 11437 wet, 610–860 m, Budd Coast, Aust. Antarctic Terr. (65º24´S 113º00´E) [65°24´S 113°00´E].
• Clathria (Thalysias) koltuni Hooper, J.N.A. 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] [271] [nom. nov. for Clathria (Thalysias) antarctica (Koltun, 1964)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZIL 10637 wet (not seen).

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Hooper, J.N.A. 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] [271]

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Aust. Antarctic Terr.; Budd Coast.

Known only from type locality.

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 610–860 m.

General References

Hooper, J.N.A. 1996. Revision of Microcionidae (Porifera: Poecilosclerida: Demospongiae), with description of Australian species. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 40: 1-626 [Date published 01/06/1996] [350]

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