Species Iotrochopsamma arbuscula (Whitelegge, 1906)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Iotrochota arbuscula Whitelegge, T. 1906. Sponges. Part I. In Scientific results of the trawling expedition of H.M.C.S. Thetis off the coast of New South Wales in February and March, 1898. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 4: 453-484 pls 43-44 [482].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM Z4335 dry (=NMV photo 1/9), 95–130 m, off Wata Mooli, NSW.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 95–130 m.

General References

Sorokin, S., Fromont, J. & Currie, D. 2007. Demosponge biodiversity in the Benthic Protection Zone of the Great Australian Bight. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 132(2): 192-204 [195]

Sorokin, S.J., Currie, D.R. & Ward, T.M. 2005. Sponges of the Great Australian Bight Marine Park (Benthic Protection Zone). SARDI Research Report Series Adelaide : SARDI Aquatic Sciences Publication No RD04/0170 Part 65 pp. 1-92. [40]

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