Species Raspailia (Raspailia) irregularis Hentschel, 1914

Museums

Regional Maps

• Raspailia irregularis 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 [121].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMB 4832 wet, 1 slide, 385 m, Wilhelm II Coast, Aust. Antarctic Terr. (66º2´9˜S 89º38´E).

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Aust. Antarctic Terr.; Wilhelm II Coast, Knox Coast, Mawson Coast, also Subantarctic, Antarctic and South Africa.

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 35–1266 m.

General References

Burton, M. 1932. Sponges. Discovery Reports 6: 237-392 56 figs pls 48-57 [325] (misidentified as Eurypon miniaceum Thiele, 1905)

Hooper, J.N.A. 1991. Revision of the family Raspailiidae (Porifera: Demospongiae), with descriptions of Australian species. Invertebrate Taxonomy 5(6): 1179-1418 [1270]

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] [84]

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 [192]

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