Species Polymastia zitteli (Lendenfeld, 1888)
- Sideroderma zitteli Lendenfeld, R. von 1888. Descriptive Catalogue of the Sponges in the Australian Museum, Sydney. London : Taylor & Francis 260 pp. 12 pls. [211].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM G9109 wet (NMV photos 26/24–26; 2 unregistered slides in BMNH ex. AM G9109 2/10), Port Jackson, NSW; BMNH 1887.4.27.91. wet (as Polymastia zitteli, =AM G3621 slide), Port Jackson, NSW [33°51'S 151°15'E].
Generic Combinations
- Polymastia zitteli (Lendenfeld, 1888). —
Hallmann, E.F. 1914. A revision of the monaxonid species described as new in Lendenfeld's 'Catalogue of the sponges in the Australian Museum'. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 39(Part 1): 263–315 1 fig. pls 15–24
Distribution
States
New South Wales
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from type locality.
IMCRA
Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)
Ecological Descriptors
Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.
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
Koltun, V.M. 1970. Sponges of the Arctic and Antarctic, a faunistic review. pp. 286-297 in Fry, W.G. (ed.). The Biology of the Porifera. London : Academic Press Symp. Zool. Soc. Lond. Vol. 25 540 pp. [28]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 10-Dec-2023 | DEMOSPONGIAE Sollas, 1885 | 17-Nov-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 29-Mar-2018 | 15-Dec-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 29-Mar-2018 | 13-Apr-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |