Species Mycale (Mycale) magellanica (Ridley, 1881)

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• Esperia magellanica Ridley, S.O. 1881. Spongida. In Account of the zoological collections made during the survey of H.M.S. Alert in the Straits of Magellan and on the Coast of Patagonia. XI. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1881: 107-137, 140-141 pls 10-11 [117].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1879.12.27.21 wet, Sandy Point, Otter Is., Chile.
• Esperia cunninghami Carter, H.J. 1882. Some sponges from the West Indies and Acapulco in the Liverpool Free Museum described, with general and classificatory remarks. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 9: 266-301, 346-368 pls 11-12 [300].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1868.6.29.22 fragments, Stanley Harbour, Falkland Ils; Otter Is., Chile; BMNH 1872.4.19.13, Stanley Harbour, Falkland Ils; Otter Is., Chile.
• Mycale pellita Topsent, E. 1913. Spongiaires de l'Expédition Antarctique Nationale écossaise. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 49(3): 579-643 pls 1-6 [633].

  Type data:

   Holotype RSM 1921.143.1414 wet, 110 m, Burwood Bank, Subantarctic (54º25´S 57º32´W).
• Mycale antarctica 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 [58].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMB 4818 4 fragments and slide, 350–380 m, off Wilhelm II Coast, Antarctica, Gauss Winter Station (66º29''S 89º38'E).
• Mycale rossi 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 [59].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMB 4820 several fragments, wet, 2 slides, 350–385 m, off Wilhelm II Coast, Antarctica, Gauss Winter Station (66º2'9''S 89º38'E).
• Mycale lilliei Dendy, A. 1924. Porifera. Part 1. Non-antarctic sponges. pp. 269–392 pls 1–15 in, British Antarctic (Terra Nova) Expedition, 1910. Natural History Report, Zoology Vol. 6. [337].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1923.10.1.94, 245 m, between Tierra del Fuego and Falkland Ils (52º23´S 63º50´W).
  Paratype(s) BMNH 1923.10.1.95–101 7 specimens.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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). [21]
• 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] [29]

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Aust. Antarctic Terr.; Wilhelm II Coast, George V Coast: Commonwealth Bay, Mawson Coast, Knox Coast, Queen Mary Coast, Enderby Is., Amery Ice Shelf, also Subantarctic.

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 2–437 m.

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