Species Haliclona (Gellius) carduus (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)

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• Gellius carduus Ridley, S.O. & Dendy, A. 1886. Preliminary report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. Challenger. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 18: 325-351, 470-493 [333].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1887.5.2.254 wet (egaz), 439–1006 m, Southern Ocean, S of Crozet Ils (46º53´S 51º52´E); 155–274 m, off Prince Edward Is.; 91–137 m, off Marion Is. [46°53´S 51°52´E]; BMNH 1887.5.2.258 wet (egaz), 439–1006 m, Southern Ocean, S of Crozet Ils (46º53´S 51º52´E); 155–274 m, off Prince Edward Is.; 91–137 m, off Marion Is. [46°53´S 51°52´E]; BMNH 1887.5.2.263 wet (egaz), 439–1006 m, Southern Ocean, S of Crozet Ils (46º53´S 51º52´E); 155–274 m, off Prince Edward Is.; 91–137 m, off Marion Is. [46°53´S 51°52´E]; BMNH 1891.10.3.8 slide (egaz), 439–1006 m, Southern Ocean, S of Crozet Ils (46º53´S 51º52´E); 155–274 m, off Prince Edward Is.; 91–137 m, off Marion Is. [46°53´S 51°52´E]; ZMB fragments of type(s)? (egaz), 439–1006 m, Southern Ocean, S of Crozet Ils (46º53´S 51º52´E); 155–274 m, off Prince Edward Is.; 91–137 m, off Marion Is. [46°53´S 51°52´E].
• Gellius laevis Ridley, S.O. & Dendy, A. 1886. Preliminary report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. Challenger. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 18: 325-351, 470-493 [333].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1887.5.2.40 wet (egaz), 1097 m, off mouth of Rio de la Plata, Argentina, (37º17´S 53º52´W) [(37°17´S 53°52´W)]; BMNH 1891.10.3.19 slide (egaz), 1097 m, off mouth of Rio de la Plata, Argentina, (37º17´S 53º52´W) [(37°17´S 53°52´W)]; ZMB fragments of type(s)? (egaz), 1097 m, off mouth of Rio de la Plata, Argentina, (37º17´S 53º52´W) [37°17´S 53°52´W].
• Gellius carduus magellanica Ridley, S.O. & Dendy, A. 1887. Report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology Zool. 20(59): 1-275 pls 1-51 [40].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1887.5.2.256 wet, 448 m, W end of Strait of Magellan, South America [no coords available on egaz].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Burton, M. 1932. Sponges. Discovery Reports 6: 237-392 56 figs pls 48-57 [274]

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Aust. Antarctic Terr.; Davis Sea, also SW Atlantic Ocean, Southern Ocean and Subantarctic.

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 81–1098 m.

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