Species Disyringa dissimilis (Ridley, 1884)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Tethyopsis dissimilis Ridley, S.O. 1884. Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of H.M.S. Alert, 1881–1882. Spongiida. (Part 1, Australian sponges). London : British Museum (Natural History) 366-482, pls 39-43. [477, pl. 40 fig. H, pl. 43 figs l-l''''] [type series composite, see Fry, W.G. & Fry, P.D. 1979. Aspects of the functional anatomy and ecological physiology of Disyringia and some other infaunal tetractinomorph sponges. pp. 335–341 in Lévi, C. & Boury-Esnault, N. (eds) Biologie des Spongiaires/Sponge Biology. Colloques Int. Cent. Natl Rech. Scient. Vol. 291. (335)].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1882.2.23.220 2 specimens, wet–220a, 4 slides 1/22, 13–22 m, Darwin [12°28'S 130°50'E].
  Paratype(s) BMNH 1882.2.23.228 wet–228a, 1 slide 1/22.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 5.5–50 m.

History of changes