Species Pseudosuberites hyalinus (Ridley & Dendy, 1887)

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Regional Maps

• Hymeniacidon hyalina Ridley, S.O. & Dendy, A. 1887. Report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology Zool. 20(59): 1-275 pls 1-51 [168].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1887.5.2.41 wet, 2 or 3 specimens, as fragments, 256–631 m, off the SW coast of Chile [between 48°27´S and 52°45´30˜S]; BMNH unregistered 3 slides 2/13, 256–631 m, off the SW coast of Chile [between 48°27´S and 52°45´30˜S].
• Pseudosuberites hyalinus compactus 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 [53].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMB 4831 numerous, 18 slides, 350–385 m, Gauss Winter Station, off Wilhelm II Coast, Antarctica, [66°2´9˜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] [89]

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Aust. Antarctic Terr.; off Wilhelm II Coast, Banzare Coast, Mawson Coast, George V Coast, Oaks Coast, Enderby Land, also Weddell Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea and Chile.

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 40–621 m.

History of changes