Species Phorbas nexus (Koltun, 1964)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Bipocillopsis nexus 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] [80].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZIL 10644 wet (egaz), 310–400 m, Wilhelm II Coast, Aust. Antarctic Terr. [68°34'01"S 90°21'50"E].
  Paratype(s) BMNH 1963.71.29.56 wet; ZIL No.11525 wet (egaz), Clarie Coast [66°52'47"S 132°54'17"E].

Generic Combinations

• Phorbas nexus (Koltun, 1964).

Distribution

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 310-400 m

General References

Hooper, J.N.A. 1996. Revision of Microcionidae (Porifera: Poecilosclerida: Demospongiae), with description of Australian species. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 40: 1-626 [Date published 01/06/1996] [129] ((included in Microcionidae as Clathria (Clathria) nexus))

Hooper, J.N.A. & Wiedenmayer, F. 1994. Porifera. pp. 1–620 in Wells, A. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia Vol. 12 xiii 624 pp. [Date published 21/Nov/1994] [260]

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