Species Tethyopsis longispinum (Lendenfeld, 1907)

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• Tribrachion longispinum Lendenfeld, R. von 1907. Tetraxonia der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition 1901–1903. In Drygalski, E. von (ed.) Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901–1903 9(Zool. 1): 303–342 pls 21–25. [322, pl. 24 figs 1-13].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) ZMB 3503 2 wet syntypes, 1 slide, 385 m, off Wilhelm II Coast, Gauss Winter Station, Antarctica [66°2´9˜S 89°38´E]; ZMB 5063 slide, 385 m, off Wilhelm II Coast, Gauss Winter Station, Antarctica [66°2´9˜S 89°38´E]; BMNH 1908.9.24.76 fragment of type, 385 m, off Wilhelm II Coast, Gauss Winter Station, Antarctica [66°2´9˜S 89°38´E].
• Monosyringa brondstedi Burton, M. 1929. Porifera. Part 2. Antarctic sponges. In, British Antarctic (`Terra Nova') Expedition, 1910. Natural History Report. Zoology. 6(4): 393–458 pls 1–5. 393-458 pls 1-5 [415, fig. 4, pl. 4 fig. 1].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1926.10.26.285, 347–457 m, McMurdo Sound, New Zealand Antarctic Terr. [no coords available].
  Paratype(s) BMNH 1926.10.26.286.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Koltun, V.M. 1964. Sponges of the Antarctic. Part 1. Tetraxonida and Cornacuspongida. 6-116, 428-433 (systematic index), pls 1-15 in Pavlovskii, E.P., Andriyashev, A.P. & Ushakov, P.V. (eds). Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R., Zoological Institute: Explorations of the fauna of the seas II (X). Biological Reports of the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1955–1958). Moscow : Izdatel'stvo ‘Nauka' Vol. 2. [in Russian] [15]

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Aust. Antarctic Terr.; off Wilhelm II Coast, Knox Coast, Banzare Coast, Lars Christensen Coast, Mawson Coast, Kemp Coast and Enderby Land.

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 125–1340 m.

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