Species Hymeniacidon kerguelensis Hentschel, 1914

Museums

Regional Maps

• Hymeniacidon kerguelensis kerguelensis Hentschel, E. 1914. Monaxone Kieselschwämme und Hornschwämme der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition 1901–1903. In Drygalski, E. von (ed.) Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901–1903. 15(Zool. 7):. 35-141 pls 4-8 [123].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB 4800 wet, Observatory Bay, Kerguelen, Subantarctic [no coords available].
• Hymeniacidon kerguelensis capensis Hentschel, E. 1914. Monaxone Kieselschwämme und Hornschwämme der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition 1901–1903. In Drygalski, E. von (ed.) Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901–1903. 15(Zool. 7):. 35-141 pls 4-8 [124].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMB 4801 wet, 3 slides (egaz), Simonstown (near Cape Town), South Africa [34°11'38"S 18°25'55"E].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Koltun, V.M. 1964. Sponges of the Antarctic. Part 1. Tetraxonida and Cornacuspongida. 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] [92]

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Macquarie Is.; Buckles Bay, and also Southern Ocean.

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marinesessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 0–6 m.

History of changes