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Species Haliclona (Gellius) tremulus (Topsent, 1916)

  • Gellius tremulus Topsent, E. 1916. Diagnoses d'Eponges recueillies dans l'Antarctique par le Pourquoi pas? Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris [published 1895-1906] 22: 163-172 [171] [virtually unrecognisable; recorded in Burton, M. 1932. Sponges. Discovery Report 6: 237–392 56 figs pls 48–57 (276) and Burton, M. 1938. Non-calcareous sponges. Science Reports of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition C 9(5): 1–22 fig. 1 (8) as Adocia; may be a synonym of Gellius (=Sigmadocia) glacialis , see Koltun, V.M. 1964. Sponges of the Antarctic. Part 1. Tetraxonida and Cornacuspongida. pp. 6–116, 428–433 (systematic index), pls 1–15 in Pavlovskii, E.P., Andriyashev, A.P. & Ushakov, P.V. (eds). Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R., Zoological Institute: Explorations of the fauna of the seas II (X). Biological Reports of the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1955–1958). Moscow : Izdatel'stvo ‘Nauka' Vol. 2 . [in Russian] (104)].
    Type data:
     Syntype(s) (possibly in MNHN Paris - egaz - Palmer Archipelago), 92 m, Pettier Channel, Wiencke Is., Palmer Archipelago, Antarctic Peninsula; 254 m, entrance to Marguerite Bay, Antarctic Peninsula (67º55´S 70º45´48˜W) [64°11'31"S 64°50'59"W].

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Aust. Antarctic Terr.; Antarctica.


Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
29-Mar-2018 15-Dec-2011 MOVED
29-Mar-2018 24-Mar-2011 MOVED
29-Mar-2018 12-Jan-2011 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)