Species Tetilla leptoderma Sollas, 1886

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• Tetilla leptoderma Sollas, W.J. 1886. Preliminary account of the tetractinellid sponges dredged by H.M.S. Challenger, 1872–1876. Part 1. The Choristida. Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society ns 5: 177-199 [179].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1889.1.1.3 wet figured, 1097 m, off the Rio de la Plata, E coast of South America [37°17´S 53°52´W].
  Paralectotype(s) 1889.1.1.2 5 specimens, wet; BMNH 1894.11.16.12–15 4 slides 1/93; ZMB fragments of type(s?).
• Tetilla grandis Sollas, W.J. 1886. Preliminary account of the tetractinellid sponges dredged by H.M.S. Challenger, 1872–1876. Part 1. The Choristida. Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society ns 5: 177-199 [180].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1889.1.1 wet, 46 m, off Royal Sound, Kerguelen Is. [no coords available]; ZMB fragments of type(s?), 46 m, off Royal Sound, Kerguelen Is. [no coords available].
• Tetilla grandis alba Sollas, W.J. 1888. Report on the Tetractinellida collected by H.M.S. Challenger, during the years 1873–1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 25(63): clxvi 1-458 44 pls 1 map [13].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1889.1.1 wet (coords for Heard Island, and Cumberland Bay), 274 m, Heard Is.; 232 m, off Cumberland Bay, Kerguelen Ils [53°03'39"S 73°46'30"E, 54°12'50"S 36°34'19"W]; ZMB fragments of type(s?) (coords for Heard Island and Cumberland Bay), 274 m, Heard Is.; 232 m, off Cumberland Bay, Kerguelen Ils [53°03'39"S 73°46'30"E, 54°12'50"S 36°34'19"W].
• Tethya sagitta 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. [306].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) ZMB 3504 2 specimens, 2 slides missing, 350–385 m, off Wilhelm II Coast, Aust. Antarctic Terr. [66°2´9˜S 89°38´E]; ZMB 5064 2 slides, 350–385 m, off Wilhelm II Coast, Aust. Antarctic Terr. [66°2´9˜S 89°38´E]; BMNH 1907.8.12.1–2 2 slides 1/94, 350–385 m, off Wilhelm II Coast, Aust. Antarctic Terr. [66°2´9˜S 89°38´E].
• Craniella sagitta microsigma Kirkpatrick, R. 1908. Porifera. II. Tetraxonida. National Antarctic Expedition 1901–1904. Natural History London : British Museum Vol. 4 1–56 pls 8–26. [1].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1908.2.5.35 wet, figured with slides, 46–110 m, off Ross Is., McMurdo Bay, New Zealand Antarctic Terr. [77°49´S 167°7´4˜E].
  Paratype(s) BMNH 1908.2.5.37 wet, slides; BMNH 1908.2.5.38 wet, slides; BMNH 1908.2.5.39 slide only.
• Craniella sagitta pachyrrhabdus Kirkpatrick, R. 1908. Porifera. II. Tetraxonida. National Antarctic Expedition 1901–1904. Natural History London : British Museum Vol. 4 1–56 pls 8–26. [4].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1908.2.5.40 wet, 46–110 m, off Ross Is., New Zealand Antarctic Terr. [77°49´S 167°7´4˜E].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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 [418]
• Boury-Esnault, N. & Beveren, M. van 1982. Les démosponges du plateau continental de Kerguelen-Heard. Comité national français des Recherches Antarctiques 52: 1-132 21 pls [27]

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Aust. Antarctic Terr., Heard Is.; cirum-Antarctic, Southern Ocean and SW Atlantic (Patagonia).

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 4–2267 m.

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