Species Clathria (Microciona) antarctica (Topsent, 1917)

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• Stylostichon toxiferum Topsent, E. 1913. Spongiaires de l'Expédition Antarctique Nationale écossaise. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 49(3): 579-643 pls 1-6 [621] [junior homonym of Clathria (Thalysias) toxifera (Hentschel, 1912)].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHN Paris LBIMDT1612 dry (egaz), 198 m, Tristan da Cunha, South Atlantic (40º20´S 9º56´30˜W) [40°20´S 9°56´30˜W].
• Anchinoe toxifera antarctica Topsent, E. 1917. Spongiaires. 1-88 6 pls in Joubin, L. (ed.). Deuxième Expédition Antarctique Française (1908–1910) commandée par le Dr. Jean Charcot. Paris : Masson. [43].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MNHN unknown (egaz), Wiencke Is., Peltier Channel, Palmer Archipelago, Antarctic Peninsula [64°11'31"S 64°50'59"W].
• Stylostichon tuberculata Burton, M. 1934. Sponges. pp. 1–58, 8 pls in Bock, S. (ed.) Further Zoological Results of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition 1901–1903 Vol. 3(2). [35].

  Type data:

   Holotype NHRM 931 wet (=BMNH 1933.3.17.158 slide - egaz), 40 m, Port William, Falkland Ils [58°29'31"N 152°35'45"W].
  Paratype(s) NHRM 945c wet (=BMNH 1933.3.17.17 slide); NHRM 950 wet (=BMNH 1933.3.17.8 slide).
• Microciona basispinosa Burton, M. 1934. Sponges. pp. 1–58, 8 pls in Bock, S. (ed.) Further Zoological Results of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition 1901–1903 Vol. 3(2). [38].

  Type data:

   Holotype NHRM 997 III wet (=BMNH 1933.3.17.39 fragment of type - egaz), 18–30 m, Port Albemarle, Falkland Ils, Subantarctic [50°55'19"S 61°17'59"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 [188]
• Hooper, J.N.A. in Hooper, J.N.A. & Wiedenmayer, F. 1994. Porifera. pp. 1-620 in Wells, A. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia Vol. 12 xiii 624 pp. [Date published 21/Nov/1994] [266]

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Aust. Antarctic Terr.; Davis Sea, Clarie Coast, Mawson Coast, also S Atlantic, Subantarctic and Antarctic.

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 16–610m; deeper water rock reefs.

General References

Hooper, J.N.A. 1996. Revision of Microcionidae (Porifera: Poecilosclerida: Demospongiae), with description of Australian species. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 40: 1-626 [Date published 01/06/1996] [207]

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