Species Oscarella tenuis Hentschel, 1909

Museums

Regional Maps

• Oscarella tenuis Hentschel, E. 1909. Tetraxonida. 347-402 pls 22-23 1. Teil. in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : G. Fischer Vol. 2 (21). [351].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) ZMH, 3 m, SW of Denham, Shark Bay, WA [25°54'S 113°32'3]; ZMB 4254 wet fragment of type, 3 m, SW of Denham, Shark Bay, WA [25°54'S 113°32'3].

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Shark Bay, and Penguin Channel.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 3–28 m, encrusting on shells, Bryozoa.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
29-Mar-2018		28-Feb-2012	MODIFIED
29-Mar-2018		13-Apr-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)