Species Halichondria (Halichondria) microbiana Alvarez & Hooper, 2011
- Halichondria (Halichondria) microbiana Alvarez, B. & Hooper, J.N.A. 2011. Taxonomic revision of the order Halichondrida (Porifera: Demospongiae) of northern Australia. Family Halichondriidae. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 27: 55–84 [73].
Type data:
Holotype NTM Z5907 wet, Lee Point, Darwin, NT, 9–12 m, depth, 7 August 2003, coll. Nguyen, H. [12°20.538’S, 130°52.184’E].
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
Halichondria microbiana is relatively common at Darwin and Bynoe Harbours, NT, and it was also observed at Wessel Is. (Raragala I.) and recorded from the Northeastern Australian Shelf (Alvarez and Hooper, unpublished data). It occurs between 6–12 m depth (Alvarez & Hooper 2011). Includes Halichondria stalagmitessensu Hooper et al. (1997: 43) [in part; not Z.2651 and Z.3147]
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Northern Shelf Province (25), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Distribution References
- Hooper, J.N.A., Cook, S.D., Hobbs, L.J. & Kennedy, J.A. 1997. Australian Halichondriidae (Porifera: Demospongiae): I. Species from the Beagle Gulf. pp. 1-65 in Hanley, H.R., Caswell, G., Megirian, D. & Larson, H.K. (eds). The Marine Flora and Fauna of Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia. Proceedings of the Sixth International Marine Biology Workshop. Darwin : Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory 466 pp. [43]
History of changes
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