WoRMS taxon details
original description
Watson, J. E. 2008. Lobataria newtoni gen. et sp. nov., (Hydrozoa, Anthoathecata, Tubulariidae) from southern Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 65: 179-183. [details]
additional source
Watson, J. E. (2024). The marine hydroids of south-eastern Australia (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). <em>Museum Victoria Science Reports.</em> 22: 1-121., available online at https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mvsr.2024.22 page(s): 22, figs 22-24; note: Ecology: On old bivalve shells (eg Katelysia scalarina) on sandy bottom in shallow sheltered waters 1-3 m deep. Colonies present spring to autumn. Only appears in the spring and often with an unde... Ecology: On old bivalve shells (eg Katelysia scalarina) on sandy bottom in shallow sheltered waters 1-3 m deep. Colonies present spring to autumn. Only appears in the spring and often with an undescribed species of aeolid nudibranch in association.
Distribution: Several localities in Port Phillip, probably more widely spread.
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