Species Polymastia invaginata Kirkpatrick, 1907

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• Polymastia invaginata Kirkpatrick, R. 1907. Preliminary report on the Monaxonellida of the National Antarctic Expedition. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 20: 271-291 [271].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1908.2.5.73 wet, off Ross Is., New Zealand Antarctic Terr. [27°34'19"S 177°59'49"E (coord for NZ)].
  Paratype(s) BMNH 1908.2.5.74–89 24 slides 2/7; RSM 1901.19.3 wet, 2 specimens).
• Polymastia invaginata gaussi 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 [49].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMB 4828 3 specimens wet, 3 slides, 385 m, off Wilhelm II Coast, Aust. Antarctic Terr., Gauss Winter Station [66°2´9˜S 89°38´E].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Koltun, V.M. 1976. Porifera. Part I. Antarctic sponges. Report of the British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition, 1928–31 B Zoology & Botany 9(4): 147-198 pls 1-3 [168]

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Aust. Antarctic Terr.; Wilhelm II Coast, Davis Sea, Oates Coast, Mawson Coast, Enderby Land, Knox Coast, George V Coast (Commonwealth Bay and Bruce Spur), also Weddell Sea and Subantarctic.

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 18–1266 m.

General References

Ekins, M., Erpenbeck, D., Wörheide, G. & Hooper, J.N.A. 2023. Deep water Polymastiidae (Porifera, Polymastiida) from the south west Pacific. Zootaxa 5369(1): 057–088

Holmes, B. & Blanch, H. 2007. Genus-specific associations of marine sponges with group I crenarchaeotes. Marine Biology 150: 759-772

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