Species Pararhaphoxya pulchra (Brøndsted, 1923)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Sigmaxinella pulchra Brøndsted, H.V. 1923. Sponges from the Auckland and Campbell Islands. In Mortensen, T. (ed.) Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914–16. XV. Vidensk. Meddr. Dansk. Naturh. Foren. Kbh. 75: 117–167. [151].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMUC (egaz - NZ), 82 m, Auckland Ils, Carnley Harbour, New Zealand [27°34'19"S 177°59'49"E].

  Secondary source:

   Bergquist, P.R. 1968. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Porifera, Demospongiae, Part 1 (Tetractinomorpha and Lithistida). Bulletin of the New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research 188: 1-105 15 pls 30 figs [11].
• Pararhaphoxya tenuiramosa Burton, M. 1934. Sponges. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 4: 513-621 pls 1-2 [565].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1930.8.13.145 wet (egaz), 36 m, 0.8 km W of North Direction Is., Great Barrier Reef [14°45'S 145°31'E].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Bergquist, P.R. 1970. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Porifera, Demospongiae, Part 2 (Axinellida and Halichondrida). (Mem. N.Z. Oceanogr. Inst. 51). Bulletin of the New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research 197: 1-85 20 pls 3 figs [16]

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 4–81 m.

History of changes