Species Discodermia calyx Döderlein, 1884

Museums

Regional Maps

• Discodermia calyx Döderlein, L. 1884. Studien an Japanischen Lithistiden. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie 40: 62-104 pls 5-7 [73].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MZUS (coord for 'Sagami nada' ?), 55–110 m, Sagami Bay (Enoshima), Japan [34°56'41"N 139°18'21"E].
• Discodermia discifurca Sollas, W.J. 1888. Report on the Tetractinellida collected by H.M.S. Challenger, during the years 1873–1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 25(63): clxvi 1-458 44 pls 1 map [292].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1889.1.1.95 wet, 55–64 m, Port Jackson, NSW [33°51'S 151°15'E].
  Paratype(s) ZMB fragment of type.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Lendenfeld, R. von 1903. Tetraxonia. In Schulze, F.E. (ed.) Das Tierreich. Berlin : Friedländer Lf 19 168 pp. 44 figs. [129]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Port Jackson, and also Japan.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 55–110 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)