Species Desmacella ithystela Hooper, 1984

Museums

Regional Maps

• Desmacella ithystela Hooper, J.N.A. 1984. Sigmaxinella soelae and Desmacella ithystela, two new desmacellid sponges (Porifera, Axinellida, Desmacellidae) from the Northwest Shelf of Western Australia, with a revision of the family Desmacellidae. Monogr. Ser. N.T. Mus. Arts Sci. 2 xii 58 pp. [17].

  Type data:

   Holotype NTM Z1264 wet, 40 m, west of Port Hedland, WA (19º285´30˜S 118º55´18˜E).

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

NW Shelf.

Known only from type locality.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 40 m.

 

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)