Species Geodia nitida (Sollas, 1886)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Synops nitidus Sollas, W.J. 1886. Preliminary account of the tetractinellid sponges dredged by H.M.S. Challenger, 1872–1876. Part 1. The Choristida. Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society ns 5: 177-199 [198].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1889.1.1.89 wet, 55–64 m, Port Jackson, NSW [33°51'S 151°15'E].
  Paratype(s) ZMB fragment of type.

 

Generic Combinations

• Geodia nitida (Sollas, 1886). —
  Cárdenas, P., Rapp, H.T., Schander, C. & Tendal, O.S. 2010. Molecular taxonomy and phylogeny of the Geodiidae (Porifera, Demospongiae, Astrophorida) — combining phylogenetic and Linnaean classification. Zoologica Scripta 39: 89–106

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Christmas Island Province (23)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 54–63 m.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
29-Mar-2018	PORIFERA Grant, 1836	27-Mar-2018	MODIFIED	Dr Kathryn Hall
29-Mar-2018		15-Dec-2011	MOVED
29-Mar-2018		13-Apr-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)