Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) kerguelensis (Hentschel, 1914) 
AphiaID: 169432

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Myxillina (Suborder) > Myxillidae (Family) > Myxilla (Genus) > Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) (Subgenus)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) Hentschel, 1914
Synonymised taxa		Crellomyxilla intermedia Dendy, 1924 (junior synonym) Ectyomyxilla kerguelenensis sensu Lévi, 1963 (genus transfer and misspelling of species name) Ectyomyxilla kerguelensis Hentschel, 1914 (subgenus assignment) Myxilla kerguelensis (Hentschel, 1914) (subgenus assignment)
Sources		original description: Hentschel, E. 1914. Monaxone Kieselschwämme und Hornschwämme der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903. Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition, 1901-03 15(1): 35-141, pls IV-VIII. [details] [full text] basis of record: Van Soest, R.W.M. 2002. Family Myxillidae Dendy, 1922. Pp. 602-620. In Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). [details] [full text] additional source: Goodwin, C.; Brewin, P.E.; Brickle, P. 2012. Sponge biodiversity of South Georgia island with descriptions of fifteen new species. Zootaxa 3542: 1-48., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2012/f/z03542p048f.pdf [details] from synonym: Clarke, A.; Johnston, N.M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 41: 47-114 (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Kelly, M. (2009). Demospongiae, Calcarea (Porifera). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Dendy, A. 1924. Porifera. Part I. Non-Antarctic sponges. Natural History Report. British Antarctic (Terra Nova) Expedition, 1910 (Zoology)6(3): 269-392, pls I-XV. [details] [view taxon] [full text] from synonym: Lévi, C. 1956d. Éponges littorales des Îles Kerguelen récoltées par M. Angot. Mémoires de l'Institut Scientifique de Madagascar (A) 10: 25-34. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Lévi, C. 1963. Spongiaires d’Afrique du Sud. (1) Poecilosclérides.Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 37(1): 1-72, pls I-X. [details] [view taxon]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution		Antarctic 200NM zone beyond the coastline (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Kerguelen [details] Kerguelen Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Kerguelen Islands [details] Namaqua (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] South Georgia [details]
Link		To Encyclopedia of Life
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:169432
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2005-07-10 18:05:41Z   created   db_admin 2005-09-09 16:45:37Z   changed   Vanden Berghe, Edward 2005-12-17 11:44:10Z   changed   Vanden Berghe, Edward 2010-05-31 13:43:21Z   checked   van Soest, Rob
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		Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) kerguelensis (Hentschel, 1914). In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M. (2013) World Porifera database. Accessed through: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M. (2013) World Porifera database at http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=169432 on 2013-05-23