Subspecies Farrea occa occa Bowerbank, 1862

Museums

Regional Maps

• Farrea occa Bowerbank, J.S. 1862. On the anatomy and physiology of the Spongiadae. Part III. On the generic characters, the specific characters, and on the method of examination. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 152: 1087-1135 pls 72-74 [1118].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1885.12.31.10, 1885.12.31.12 (coord for Tokyo), off Misaki, Tokyo Bay, Japan [35°40'58"N 139°48'32"E].

  Secondary source:

   Reiswig, H.M. 1992. First Hexactinellida (Porifera) (glass sponges) from the Great Australian Bight. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 26: 25-36 [31].

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Cape Arid (34º03´S 125º31´E), and cosmopolitan, including Antarctica.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 1011–1020 m.

 

General References

Carter, H.J. 1885. Report on a collection of marine sponges from Japan, made by Dr. J. Anderson, F.R.S., Superintendent Indian Museum, Calcutta. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 15: 387-406 pls 12-14 [388]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
29-Mar-2018		28-Feb-2012	MODIFIED
29-Mar-2018		15-Apr-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)