Species Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) nobilis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)

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• Myxilla nobilis 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 [473].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1887.5.2.46 wet, 439–1006 m, S of Crozet Ils, Southern Ocean (46º53´S 51º52´E); 1097 m, off mouth of the Rio de la Plata, Argentina (37º17´S 63º52´W); BMNH 1887.5.2.15 wet, 439–1006 m, S of Crozet Ils, Southern Ocean (46º53´S 51º52´E); 1097 m, off mouth of the Rio de la Plata, Argentina (37º17´S 63º52´W); ZMB fragments of type, 439–1006 m, S of Crozet Ils, Southern Ocean (46º53´S 51º52´E); 1097 m, off mouth of the Rio de la Plata, Argentina (37º17´S 63º52´W).
• Myxilla nobilis bacillifera 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 [473].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1887.5.2.4 wet, 256 m, coast of Chile (49º24´30˜S 74º23´30˜W); ZMB fragments of type, 256 m, coast of Chile (49º24´30˜S 74º23´30˜W).
• Myxilla nobilis patagonica 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 [473].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1887.5.2.137 wet, 448 m, coast of Chile (52º45´30˜S 73º46´00˜W); ZMB fragment of type, 448 m, coast of Chile (52º45´30˜S 73º46´00˜W).

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 [180]

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Antarctic Terr.; George V Coast–Commonwealth Bay, also SW Atlantic, Southern Ocean, SE Pacific Ocean and Subantarctic.

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 45–1080 m.

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