Species Polymastia isidis Thiele, 1905

Museums

Regional Maps

• Polymastia isidis Thiele, J. 1905. Die Kiesel-und Hornschwämme der Sammlung Plate. Zoologische Jahrbücher 6: 407-496 pls 27-33 [414].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB 3271 wet, 19 m, Seno Almirantazgo, Tierra del Fuego, Chile [54°12'25"S 69°58'08"W].
• Polymastia isidis simplex 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 [47].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMB 4829 wet, 3 slides, 385 m, off Wilhelm II Coast, Aust. Antarctic Terr. [66°2´S 89°38´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] [26]

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Aust. Antarctic Terr.; Wilhelm II Coast, Banzare Coast, also Weddell Sea and Subantarctic.

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 19–3060 m.

History of changes