Species Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) mariana (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)

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• Myxilla mariana 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 [472].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, ZMB fragment of type, 91–137 m, Marion Is., Prince Edward Ils, Southern Ocean.
• Myxilla mariana massa 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:

   Holotype BMNH 1887.5.2.95 wet, off SW coast of Chile.
• Myxilla mariana tylacantha 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 [100] [as 'Myxilla' mariana tylacantha].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB 4822 wet fragment, 385 m, Wilhelm II Coast, Aust. Antarctic Terr. (66º2´9˜S 89º38´E).

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] [76]

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Aust. Antarctic Terr.; Wilhelm II Coast, Davis Sea, also Southern Ocean and SE Pacific Ocean.

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 90–385 m.

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