WoRMS name details
Axinella profunda var. kurushima Tanita, 1961
165504 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:165504)
unaccepted (unavailable name)
Variety
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Tanita, S. (1961). Report on the sponges collected from the Kurushima Strait, Seto Inland Sea. <em>Memoirs of the Ehime University, Sect II (B).</em> 4: 335-354.
page(s): 347 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 347 [details] Available for editors
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Type locality contained in Central Kuroshio Current
type locality contained in Central Kuroshio Current [details]
Nomenclature The variety was described by Tanita from Kurushima Strait, Japan, approximate coordinates 34.1167°N 133°E, depth less...
Nomenclature The variety was described by Tanita from Kurushima Strait, Japan, approximate coordinates 34.1167°N 133°E, depth less than 50 m (syntypes “several specimens”, not known where kept). The shape and the spicules of the variety differ from the syntype specimens of the typical variety described and pictured by Ridley & Dendy (1887: 181, pl. XXXVIII figs. 2–3, pl. XL fig. 3–3a) from Challenger Exped. Stat. 241 (BMNH 1887.5.2.42, North Pacific, 35.6833°N 157.7°E, depth 4123 m) and Stat. 281 (BMNH 1887.5.2.54, South Pacific, 22.35°S 150.2833°W, depth 4369 m). The present variety is much more branching and forms a larger bush of 90 x 140 mm (whereas the typical variety specimens measure only 50 mm). The spicules are styles in both and approximately the same size (650–1500 μm vs. 550–2000 μm), but those of the typical variety have microspined heads (which is an indication that possibly the species is not an Axinella Schmidt, 1862), whereas the present variety has smooth headed styles. The typical variety specimens were collected in abyssal depths (4200 m), while the present variety originated from less than 50 m depth. In view of these differences Van Soest (2024: 48) propose to elevate the present variety to species rank as Axinella kurushima. The combination must be assigned to the author Van Soest (2024) as a nom.nov., because Tanita published his name after 1960 (ICZN art. 15.2 and 45.5.1). [details]
de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2024). World Porifera Database. Axinella profunda var. kurushima Tanita, 1961. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=165504 on 2024-04-19
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Tanita, S. (1961). Report on the sponges collected from the Kurushima Strait, Seto Inland Sea. <em>Memoirs of the Ehime University, Sect II (B).</em> 4: 335-354.
page(s): 347 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M. (2024). Correcting sponge names: nomenclatural update of lower taxa level Porifera. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5398(1): 1-122., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5398.1.1
page(s): 48 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hoshino, T. (1981). Shallow-Water Demosponges of Western Japan 2. <em>Journal of Science of the Hiroshima University (B).</em> 29 (2): 207-289.
page(s): 210 [details]
page(s): 347 [details] Available for editors
[request] basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M. (2024). Correcting sponge names: nomenclatural update of lower taxa level Porifera. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5398(1): 1-122., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5398.1.1
page(s): 48 [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Hoshino, T. (1981). Shallow-Water Demosponges of Western Japan 2. <em>Journal of Science of the Hiroshima University (B).</em> 29 (2): 207-289.
page(s): 210 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature The variety was described by Tanita from Kurushima Strait, Japan, approximate coordinates 34.1167°N 133°E, depth less than 50 m (syntypes “several specimens”, not known where kept). The shape and the spicules of the variety differ from the syntype specimens of the typical variety described and pictured by Ridley & Dendy (1887: 181, pl. XXXVIII figs. 2–3, pl. XL fig. 3–3a) from Challenger Exped. Stat. 241 (BMNH 1887.5.2.42, North Pacific, 35.6833°N 157.7°E, depth 4123 m) and Stat. 281 (BMNH 1887.5.2.54, South Pacific, 22.35°S 150.2833°W, depth 4369 m). The present variety is much more branching and forms a larger bush of 90 x 140 mm (whereas the typical variety specimens measure only 50 mm). The spicules are styles in both and approximately the same size (650–1500 μm vs. 550–2000 μm), but those of the typical variety have microspined heads (which is an indication that possibly the species is not an Axinella Schmidt, 1862), whereas the present variety has smooth headed styles. The typical variety specimens were collected in abyssal depths (4200 m), while the present variety originated from less than 50 m depth. In view of these differences Van Soest (2024: 48) propose to elevate the present variety to species rank as Axinella kurushima. The combination must be assigned to the author Van Soest (2024) as a nom.nov., because Tanita published his name after 1960 (ICZN art. 15.2 and 45.5.1). [details]
