Regadrella phoenix Schmidt, 1880

Reiswig, Henry M. & Araya, Juan Francisco, 2014, A review of the Hexactinellida (Porifera) of Chile, with the first record of Caulophacus Schulze, 1885 (Lyssacinosida: Rossellidae) from the Southeastern Pacific Ocean, Zootaxa 3889 (3), pp. 414-428 : 417

Regadrella phoenix Schmidt, 1880

Regadrella phoenix Schmidt, 1880: 61 , pl. VIII, figs. 6 & 7; Ijima 1901: 265, pl. X, figs. 18–27, pl. XI; Tabachnick 2002: 1428, fig. 25.

Regadrella peru Tabachnick, 1990: 169 , pl. 1, figs 14–18, pl. 3, figs 1–2.

Remarks. This species was originally described from off Barbados (13º10’00” N; 59º39’00” W, depth 400–530 m) and off St. Cruz (St. Croix) (17°45'00” N; 64°45'00” W), depth 455m, in the Caribbean Sea ( Schmidt, 1880). It has also been recorded off South Africa (Tabachnick, 2002). In Chile this species has been recorded by Ijima (1901) from an unidentified location off Chile in 3200 m and in the Nazca ridge in several seamounts (recorded as R. peru ) by the RV Professor Shtockman (24°56’18” S to 24º58’12” S; 88°32’36” W to 88º29'48” W) at a depth of 580– 564 m ( Tabachnick, 1990; Tabachnick, 2002). Due to the sparse records and the distant distribution, the Chilean specimens may represent a different species. This species has not been registered in Chile again.