Species Inflatella belli (Kirkpatrick, 1907)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Joyeuxia belli Kirkpatrick, R. 1907. Preliminary report on the Monaxonellida of the National Antarctic Expedition. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 20: 271-291 [283].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1908.2.5.188 wet (slides), 18–37 m, Flagon Point, Ross Is., New Zealand Antarctic Terr.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1908.2.5.189A 3 wet specimens, 2 slides; BMNH 1908.2.5.189B 2 wet specimens.
• Inflatella fistulosa 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 [83].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMB 4802 wet, 2 slides, 350–385 m, off Wilhelm II Coast, Gauss Winter Station, Aust. Antarctic Terr. (66º2´9˜S 89º38´E).
• Inflatella sphaerica Dendy, A. 1924. Porifera. Part 1. Non-antarctic sponges. pp. 269–392 pls 1–15 in, British Antarctic (Terra Nova) Expedition, 1910. Natural History Report, Zoology Vol. 6. [373].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1923.10.1.154 wet, 195 m, near Three Kings Is., New Zealand.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Koltun, V.M. 1976. Porifera. Part I. Antarctic sponges. Report of the British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition, 1928–31 B Zoology & Botany 9(4): 147-198 pls 1-3 [178]

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Aust. Antarctic Terr.; Wilhelm II Coast, Davis Sea, George V Coast; Commonwealth Bay, Prydz Bay, Budd Coast, Barnare Coast, Enderby Land, also Subantarctic and New Zealand.

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 18–506 m.

General References

Webster, N.S. 2007. Sponge disease: a global threat ? Environmental Microbiology 9(6): 1363-1375 [1366]

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