Species Isodictya setifera (Topsent, 1901)

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• Desmacidon setifera Topsent, E. 1901. Notice préliminaire sur les Eponges recueillies par l'Expédition Antarctique Belge. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale 3 9(Notes Rev.): 5-16 [6].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MIZL fragments, 450 m, Bellingshausen Sea, Antarctica (71º15´S 87º39´W).

  Secondary source:

   Schulze, F.E. & Kirkpatrick, R. 1910. Die Hexactinelliden der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition 1901–1903. In Drygalski, E. von (ed.) Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901–1903 12(Zool. 4): 1–62 pls 1–10. [4].
• Desmacidon spinigera Kirkpatrick, R. 1907. Preliminary report on the Monaxonellida of the National Antarctic Expedition. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 20: 271-291 [283].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1908.2.5.182 wet, slides (figured 1908, pl. 19 fig. 3, Ross Is.), 38–255 m, off Ross Is., New Zealand Antarctic Terr. (77º49´S 167º7´4˜E); 195 m, off Coulman Is.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH wet, 3 specimens, slides, Coulman Is.; BMNH 1908.2.5.184 wet, slides, Coulman Is.; BMNH 1908.2.5.185 wet, slides, Ross Is.; RSM 1921.143.1415 wet.
• Homoeodictya verrucosa Topsent, E. 1913. Spongiaires de l'Expédition Antarctique Nationale écossaise. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 49(3): 579-643 pls 1-6 [636].

  Type data:

   Holotype RSM, 110 m, Burdwood Bank, Subantarctic (54º25´S 57º32´W).
  Paratype(s) (?).

  Secondary source:

   Stone, S.M. 1986. Index to Important Sponge Collections. Autumn 1986. London : British Museum (Natural History) Vol. 47. [9, under 'Scotia'].
• Homoeodictya obliquidens Hentschel, E. 1914. Monaxone Kieselschwämme und Hornschwämme der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition 1901–1903. In Drygalski, E. von (ed.) Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901–1903. 15(Zool. 7):. 35-141 pls 4-8 [79].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMB 4791 2 jars and 4 slides, 350–385 m, off Wilhelm II Coast, Gauss Winter Station, Aust. Antarctic Terr. (66º2´9˜S 89º38´E).
• Homoeodictya trigona Topsent, E. 1917. Spongiaires. 1-88 6 pls in Joubin, L. (ed.). Deuxième Expédition Antarctique Française (1908–1910) commandée par le Dr. Jean Charcot. Paris : Masson. [66] [nom. nov. for Desmacidon setifer Topsent, 1908 and Homoeodictya setifera Topsent, 1913].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MNHN Paris, locality unknown.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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] [41]

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Aust. Antarctic Terr.; Wilhelm II Coast, off Gauss Sea, Davis Sea, Knox Coast, Prydz Bay, Mawson Coast, Kemp coast, Enderby Land, Amery Ice Shelf, Banzare Coast, Claire Coast, George V Coast, also Subantarctic.

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 0–710 m.

General References

Webster, N.S. 2007. Sponge disease: a global threat ? Environmental Microbiology 9(6): 1363-1375 [1366]

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