Species Sycantha longstaffi (Jenkin, 1908)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Hypodictyon longstaffi Jenkin, C.F. 1908. Porifera. III. Calcarea. pp. 1-52 pls 27-38 in, National Antarctic Expedition 1901-1904. Natural History. London : British Museum. [27].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1907.8.6.8, off Ross Is., New Zealand Antarctic Terr. [77°49´S 167°7´4˜E].
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1907.8.6.88; BMNH 1907.8.6.91; BMNH 1907.8.6.95.

  Secondary source:

   Burton, M. 1963. A Revision of the Classification of the Calcareous Sponges. London : British Museum pp. 1-693 figs 1-375. [606].

Generic Combinations

• Sycon longstaffi (Jenkin, 1908). —
  Dendy, A. & Row, R.W.H. 1913. The classification and phylogeny of the calcareous sponges, with a reference list of all the described species, systematically arranged. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1913: 704-813 [744]
• Sycantha longstaffi (Jenkins, 1908). —
  Borojevic, R., Boury-Esnault, N. & Vacelet, J. 2000. A revision of the supraspecific classification of the subclass Calcaronea (Porifera, Class Calcarea). Zoosystema 22(2): 203-263 [228]

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Aust. Antarctic Terr.; off Wilhelm II Coast, and also New Zealand Antarctic Terr.

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

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