Species Tethyastra oxyaster (Burton, 1934)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Tethyorrhaphis oxyaster Burton, M. 1934. Sponges. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 4: 513-621 pls 1-2 [568].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1930.8.13.30 (no coords avail for Linden Bank), Linden Bank, Great Barrier Reef [18°00'S 146°50'E].

 

Generic Combinations

• Tethyastra oxyaster (Burton, 1934). —
  Sarà, M. 2002. Family Tethyidae Gray, 1848. pp. 245-267 in Hooper, J.N.A. & van Soest, R.W.M. (eds). Systema Porifera: A guide to the classification of sponges. New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers Vol. 1.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 68 m.

 

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 [41]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
03-Mar-2022	DEMOSPONGIAE Sollas, 1885	09-Aug-2021	MODIFIED
29-Mar-2018		15-Dec-2011	MOVED
29-Mar-2018		13-Apr-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)