Species Microxina benedeni (Topsent, 1901)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Gelliodes benedeni Topsent, E. 1901. Notice préliminaire sur les Eponges recueillies par l'Expédition Antarctique Belge. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale 3 9(Notes Rev.): 5-16 [6].

  Type data:

   Holotype MIZL (egaz), 450 m, Bellingshausen Sea, Antarctica (70º20´S 83º23´W) [70°20´S 83°23´W].

  Secondary source:

   Schulze, F.E. & Kirkpatrick, R. 1910. Die Hexactinelliden der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition 1901–1903. In Drygalski, E. von (ed.) Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901–1903 12(Zool. 4): 1–62 pls 1–10. [4].
• Microxina charcoti 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 [170].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) (not found, ?MNHN Paris), 250 m, off Alexander Is., (68º54´S 72º05´W), 297 m, (68º35´S 72º40´W) and 200 m, Marguerite Bay, Antarctic Penninsula [68°54´S 72°05´W].
• Gelliodes benedeni fortior 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. [75].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) (MNHN Paris? - egaz - Palmer Archipelago), 92 m, Peltier Channel, Wiencke Is., Palmer Archipelago, Antarctic Peninsula [64°11'31"S 64°50'59"W].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Koltun, V.M. 1964. Sponges of the Antarctic. Part 1. Tetraxonida and Cornacuspongida. 6-116, 428-433 (systematic index), pls 1-15 in Pavlovskii, E.P., Andriyashev, A.P. & Ushakov, P.V. (eds). Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R., Zoological Institute: Explorations of the fauna of the seas II (X). Biological Reports of the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1955–1958). Moscow : Izdatel'stvo ‘Nauka' Vol. 2. [in Russian] [106]

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Aust. Antarctic Terr.; circum-Antarctic and Subantarctic.

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 81–1266 m.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
29-Mar-2018		15-Dec-2011	MOVED
29-Mar-2018		13-Apr-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)