Species Isodictya erinacea (Topsent, 1916)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Homoeodictya erinacea 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 [169].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MNHN Paris, 92 m, Wiencke Is., Peltier Channel, Palmer Archipelago, Antarctic Peninsula.
• Homoeodictya kirkpatricki 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 [169].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MNHN one fragment, 250 m, off Alexander Is., Antarctic Peninsula, (68º54´S 72º05´W); 200 m, Marguerite Bay.
• Desmacidon doryphora Brøndsted, H.V. 1927. Antarctic and subantarctic sponges collected by S. Wallin 1924. Arkiv för Zoologi 19(A,6): 1-6 [2].

  Type data:

   Holotype (?ZMLU), 640 m, 30ºN of Discovery Inlet, New Zealand Antarctic Terr.

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 [171]

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Aust. Antarctic Terr.; Banzare Coast, Mawson Coast, George V Coast, Wilhelm II Coast, Balleny islands, Kemp coast, Enderby Land, also Subantarctic.

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 92–920 m.

History of changes