WoRMS name details
Halichondria variabilis (Ridley, 1884)
568300 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:568300)
unaccepted (genus transfer)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Schmidtia variabilis Ridley, 1884) Ridley, S.O. (1884). Spongiida. <em>Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the Voyage of H.M.S. ‘Alert', 1881-2. (British Museum (Natural History): London).</em> 366-482, pls 39-43; 582-630, pls 53-54.
page(s): 415-416 [details]
page(s): 415-416 [details]
Homonymy This combination is a senior secondary homonym of Halichondria variabilis sensu Lindgren, 1897. Ridley's species is...
Homonymy This combination is a senior secondary homonym of Halichondria variabilis sensu Lindgren, 1897. Ridley's species is accepted as a Xestospongia, whereas Lindgren's species is accepted as Axinyssa by which the homonymy has been removed.
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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. Halichondria variabilis (Ridley, 1884). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=568300 on 2024-04-19
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(of Schmidtia variabilis Ridley, 1884) Ridley, S.O. (1884). Spongiida. <em>Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the Voyage of H.M.S. ‘Alert', 1881-2. (British Museum (Natural History): London).</em> 366-482, pls 39-43; 582-630, pls 53-54.
page(s): 415-416 [details]
additional source Burton, M. (1929). Porifera. Part II. Antarctic sponges. <em>British Antarctic ('Terra Nova') Expedition, 1910. Natural History Report, London, Zoology.</em> 6 (4): 393-458, pls I-V.
page(s): 421 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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new combination reference Koltun, V.M. (1964). Sponges of the Antarctic. 1 Tetraxonida and Cornacuspongida. Pp. 6-133, 443-448. <em>In: Pavlovskii, E.P., Andriyashev,A.P. & Ushakov, P.V. (Eds), Biological Reports of the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958).</em> Akademya Nauk SSSR [English translation,1966, Israel Program for Scientific Translation].
page(s): 90-91 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 415-416 [details]
additional source Burton, M. (1929). Porifera. Part II. Antarctic sponges. <em>British Antarctic ('Terra Nova') Expedition, 1910. Natural History Report, London, Zoology.</em> 6 (4): 393-458, pls I-V.
page(s): 421 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request] new combination reference Koltun, V.M. (1964). Sponges of the Antarctic. 1 Tetraxonida and Cornacuspongida. Pp. 6-133, 443-448. <em>In: Pavlovskii, E.P., Andriyashev,A.P. & Ushakov, P.V. (Eds), Biological Reports of the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958).</em> Akademya Nauk SSSR [English translation,1966, Israel Program for Scientific Translation].
page(s): 90-91 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Homonymy This combination is a senior secondary homonym of Halichondria variabilis sensu Lindgren, 1897. Ridley's species is accepted as a Xestospongia, whereas Lindgren's species is accepted as Axinyssa by which the homonymy has been removed.[details]
Identification Locality and genus assignment of Koltun's record make it doubtful whether the identification is correct. [details]
