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Porifera name details

Stelletta aurora var. arenosa Hentschel, 1909

195670  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:195670)

 unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Variety
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hentschel, E. (1909). Tetraxonida. I. Teil. Pp. 347-402, pls XXII-XXIII. <i>In</i>: Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (Eds), Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. <em>Ergebnisse der Hamburger südwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905.</em> 2 :21.
page(s): 362-364 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Type locality contained in Houtman  
type locality contained in Houtman [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. Stelletta aurora var. arenosa Hentschel, 1909. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=195670 on 2024-09-18
Date
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2005-12-18 15:00:44Z
created
2008-06-23 18:46:04Z
changed
2020-11-14 08:07:11Z
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2024-01-24 09:31:01Z
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original description Hentschel, E. (1909). Tetraxonida. I. Teil. Pp. 347-402, pls XXII-XXIII. <i>In</i>: Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (Eds), Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. <em>Ergebnisse der Hamburger südwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905.</em> 2 :21.
page(s): 362-364 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

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): 61 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Syntype ZMB 4261, geounit Houtman [details]
From editor or global species database
Synonymy The variety was described by Hentschel from Champion’s Bay off Geraldton, West Australia, approximate coordinates 28.7716°S 114.6017°E, depth 0–1 m (syntype ZMB 4261). The typical variety, also described by Hentschel (1909: 361, figs. 5–6, from the same locality and depth as the present variety, holotype ZMB 4260), differs in having a less sand-encrusted surface, and shorter plagiotriaenes with longer cladi. Other features including the structural oxeas and a complement of large sterrospherasters and small spherasters are closely similar between the two varieties. The differences appear minor as shape, rhabd length and cladi length are subject to intraspecific variability in many Ancorinidae. As they occurred in the same locality it is likely the two belong to the same species and Van Soest (2024: 61) propose to merge the varieties under the name Rhabdastrella aurora (Hentschel, 1909) as the possession of sterrospherasters identifies the specimens as members of that genus. Aurora Sollas, 1888 is preoccupied (Lepidoptera) and replaced by Rhabdastrella Thiele, 1903 (cf. Uriz 2002: 114). [details]


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