Species Stelletta maori Dendy, 1924

Museums

Regional Maps

• Stelletta maori Dendy, A. 1924. Porifera. Part 1. Non-antarctic sponges. pp. 269–392 pls 1–15 in, British Antarctic (Terra Nova) Expedition, 1910. Natural History Report, Zoology Vol. 6. [290].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1923.10.1.15 wet, 20–36 m, Spirits Bay (near North Cape), New Zealand [34°25'55"S 172°43'01"E].
• Stelletta maori bistellata Dendy, A. 1924. Porifera. Part 1. Non-antarctic sponges. pp. 269–392 pls 1–15 in, British Antarctic (Terra Nova) Expedition, 1910. Natural History Report, Zoology Vol. 6. [291].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1923.10.1.16, 20–36 m, Spirits Bay, New Zealand [34°25'55"S 172°43'01"E].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Bergquist, P.R. 1968. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Porifera, Demospongiae, Part 1 (Tetractinomorpha and Lithistida). Bulletin of the New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research 188: 1-105 15 pls 30 figs [52]

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Aust. Antarctic Terr.; off Mawson Coast, Kemp Coast, and also New Zealand.

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 20–36 m.

History of changes