Species Tethya bergquistae Hooper, 1994
- Tethya australis Bergquist, P.R. & Kelly-Borges, M. 1991. An evaluation of the genus Tethya (Porifera: Demospongiae: Hadromerida) with descriptions of new species from the southwest Pacific. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 8(1): 37-72 [50] [junior secondary homonym of Donatia lyncurium australis Kirk, 1911].
Type data:
Holotype AM Z5086, 26 m, Castle Rock, Whitianga, New Zealand [36°50´S 174°50´E]. - Tethya bergquistae Hooper, J.N.A. in Hooper, J.N.A. & Wiedenmayer, F. 1994. Porifera. pp. 1-620 in Wells, A. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia Vol. 12 xiii 624 pp. [Date published 21/Nov/1994] [422] [nom. nov. for Tethya australis Bergquist & Kelley-Borges, 1991].
Distribution
States
South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Also New Zealand.
IMCRA
Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)
Ecological Descriptors
Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.
General References
Bergquist, P.R. & Kelly-Borges, M. 1991. An evaluation of the genus Tethya (Porifera: Demospongiae: Hadromerida) with descriptions of new species from the southwest Pacific. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 8(1): 37-72 [49] (misidentified by many authors as
Sarà, M. & Sarà, A. 2004. A revision of Australian and New Zealand Tethya (Porifera: Demospongiae) with a preliminary analysis of species-groupings. Invertebrate Systematics 18: 117-156 [117] (Mentioned as Tethya bergquistae)
Sorokin, S., Fromont, J. & Currie, D. 2007. Demosponge biodiversity in the Benthic Protection Zone of the Great Australian Bight. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 132(2): 192-204 [195]
Sorokin, S.J., Laperousaz, T.C.D. & Collings, G.J. 2008. Investigator Group Expedition 2006: Sponges (Porifera). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 132(2): 163-172 [167]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 29-Mar-2018 | 15-Dec-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 29-Mar-2018 | 13-Apr-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |