Species Latrunculia brevis Ridley & Dendy, 1886

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• Latrunculia brevis Ridley, S.O. & Dendy, A. 1886. Preliminary report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. Challenger. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 18: 325-351, 470-493 [492].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1887.5.2.269 wet, 1097 m, off the Mouth of the Rio de la Plata, Argentina (37º17´S 53º52´W) [37°17´S 53°52´W]; BMNH 1887.5.2.270 wet ('slight var.'), 1097 m, off the Mouth of the Rio de la Plata, Argentina (37º17´S 53º52´W) [37°17´S 53°52´W]; BMNH unregistered 5 slides (2/1), 1097 m, off the Mouth of the Rio de la Plata, Argentina (37º17´S 53º52´W) [37°17´S 53°52´W].
• Latrunculia bocagei Ridley, S.O. & Dendy, A. 1886. Preliminary report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. Challenger. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 18: 325-351, 470-493 [492].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1887.5.2.238 wet, 18–128 m, Kerguelen, Subantarctic [no coords available in egaz].
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1887.5.2.237 wet; BMNH (unregistered 7 slides 2/1).
• Latrunculia lendenfeldi 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 [44].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB 4812 wet, 7 slides (egaz), 385 m, Wilhelm II Coast, Aust. Antarctic Terr. (66º2´9˜S 89º38´E) [66°2´9˜S 89°38´E].
• Latrunculia spinispiraefera Brøndsted, H.V. 1924. Sponges from New Zealand. Part I. In Mortensen, T. (ed.) Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition, 1914–16. XXIII. Vidensk. Meddr. Dansk Naturh. Foren. Kbh. 77: 435–483. [480].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMUC unknown unknown (egaz), 100 m, 3 km E of North Cape, New Zealand [27°34'19"S 177°59'49"E].

  Secondary source:

   Bergquist, P.R. 1968. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Porifera, Demospongiae, Part 1 (Tetractinomorpha and Lithistida). Bulletin of the New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research 188: 1-105 15 pls 30 figs [11].
• Latrunculia antarctica Tanita, S. 1959. Biological results of the Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition. 1. Sponges. Special Publications of the Seto Marine Biology Laboratory, Kyoto University 1: 1-8 [7].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown (egaz - Prince Harald coast), 700 m, NW of Cape Cook, Prince Harald Coast, Norwegian Antarctic Terr. [68°42'35"S 33°56'56"E].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Bergquist, P.R. 1968. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Porifera, Demospongiae, Part 1 (Tetractinomorpha and Lithistida). Bulletin of the New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research 188: 1-105 15 pls 30 figs [17]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Aust. Antarctic Terr., Heard Is.; Wilhelm II Coast, Davis Sea off Mirnyy Station, Oates Coast, also Subantarctic, SW Atlantic Ocean and New Zealand.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 18–1080 m.

 

General References

Capon, R.J., MacLeod, J.K. & Willis, A.C. 1987. Trunculins A and B, norsesterterpene cyclic peroxides from a marine sponge, Latrunculia brevis. Journal of Organic Chemistry 52(3): 339-342 [339]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
29-Mar-2018		15-Dec-2011	MOVED
29-Mar-2018		02-May-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)