Species Phakettia euctimena (Hentschel, 1912)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Acanthella euctimena Hentschel, E. 1912. Kiesel- und Hornschwämme der Aru- und Kai Inseln. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 34: 294-448 pls 13-21 [414].

  Type data:

   Holotype SMF 1012 wet, Indonesia, Aru Is, SW Von Lola, 8–10 m depth, 1 April 1908, coll. H. Merton.

  Secondary source:

   Alvarez, B. & Hooper, J.N.A. 2010. Taxonomic revision of the order Halichondrida (Porifera: Demospongiae) of northern Australia. Family Dictyonellidae. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 26: 13–36 [21].

 

Generic Combinations

• Phakettia euctimena (Hentschel, 1912).

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

The type specimen was previously known only from the Aru Is, Indonesia (Sahul Shelf province, Arafura Sea), but its distribution now includes the Sahul Shelf (i.e. Bonaparte Coast and Arnhem Coast to Gulf of Carpentaria), as well as the Northwest Australian shelf (Exmouth to Broome) and the Eastern Coral Triangle (Southeast Papua New Guinea) provinces. The species is found between 4 and 50 m depth (Alvarez & Hooper 2010).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Province (2), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26)

Distribution References

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		31-Dec-2011	ADDED