Species Stylocordyla borealis (Lovén, 1868)

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• Hyalonema boreale Lovén, S. 1868. Om en märklig i Nordsjön lefvande art af Spongia. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 4 25: 105-121 pl. 2 [English translation in Annals Mag, Nat. Hist. (4)2: 81–91 pl. 6] [105].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) 2 specimens (NHRM?), North Sea [58°14'34"N 1°13'22"E].
• Polymastia stipitata Carter, H.J. 1876. Descriptions and figures of deep-sea sponges and their spicules, from the Atlantic Ocean, dredged up on board H.M.S. Porcupine, chiefly in 1869 (concluded). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 18: 226-240, 307-324, 388-410, 458-479 pls 1 [393].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1882.7.28.24 wet (only coords avail for Scotland), between Scotland and Faeroes [56°52'48"N 4°03'05"W and ???]; BMNH 1882.7.28.32 wet, between Scotland and Faeroes [56°52'48"N 4°03'05"W and ???]; BMNH 1882.7.28.38 wet, between Scotland and Faeroes [56°52'48"N 4°03'05"W and ???]; BMNH 1882.7.28.73 wet, between Scotland and Faeroes [56°52'48"N 4°03'05"W and ???]; BMNH 1882.7.28.73A wet, between Scotland and Faeroes [56°52'48"N 4°03'05"W and ???]; BMNH 1882.7.28.73B wet, between Scotland and Faeroes [56°52'48"N 4°03'05"W and ???]; BMNH 1910.1.1.1223–1226 4 slides 2/30, between Scotland and Faeroes [56°52'48"N 4°03'05"W and ???]; BMNH 1887.7.28.32a, 1954.2.12.172 3 slides 2/30, between Scotland and Faeroes [56°52'48"N 4°03'05"W and ???].

  Secondary source:

   Kirkpatrick, R. 1908. Porifera. II. Tetraxonida. National Antarctic Expedition 1901–1904. Natural History London : British Museum Vol. 4 1–56 pls 8–26. [22].
• Stylocordyla stipitata globosa 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 [224].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1887.11.19.2 3 specimens, 256 m, off Prince Edward Is. (46º43´S 38º4´30˜E); 18–180 m, off Kerguelen [46°43´S 38°4´30˜E]; BMNH 1887.11.19.22 7 specimens; BMNH 1887.11.19.276 8 specimens, Kerguelen [no coords available]; BMNH 1887.11.19.9, Kerguelen [no coords available]; BMNH (unregistered 36 slides); ZMB fragments of type(s?).
• Stylocordyla borealis acuata Kirkpatrick, R. 1908. Porifera. II. Tetraxonida. National Antarctic Expedition 1901–1904. Natural History London : British Museum Vol. 4 1–56 pls 8–26. [22].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1908.2.5.123 wet, 914 m, off Ross Is., Antarctica [77°30'32"S 167°49'15"E].
• Stylocordyla borealis 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 [55].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB 4840 wet, 5 slides, 385 m, off Wilhelm II Coast, Aust. Antarctic Terr. [66°2´9˜S 89°38´E].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Burton, M. 1934. Zoological results of the Norwegian Scientific Expeditions to East Greenland (1930, 1931 and 1932). III. Report on the sponges of the Norwegian Expeditions to East Greenland. Skrifter om Svalbard og Ishavet 61: 3-33 [13]

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Aust. Antarctic Terr.; Wilhelm II Coast, Mawson Coast, George V Coast, Enderby Land, also Southern Ocean, SW and N Atlantic Ocean (Subantarctic) and NE Pacific Ocean.

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 13–2880 m.

History of changes