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Xestospongia variabilis sensu Topsent, 1892

325439  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325439)

 unaccepted (misapplication)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Petrosia variabilis sensu Topsent, 1892) Topsent, E. (1892). Contribution à l'étude des Spongiaires de l'Atlantique Nord (Golfe de Gascogne, Terre-Neuve, Açores). <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco.</em> 2: 1-165, pls I-XI.
page(s): 68-69; note: Topsent has indicated Ridley as author of this species [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Taxonomy The species needs to be renamed as this is a misapplication by Topsent (1892). Ridley's Xestospongia variabilis (as...  
Taxonomy The species needs to be renamed as this is a misapplication by Topsent (1892). Ridley's Xestospongia variabilis (as Schmidtia) is from the Pacific Ocean. [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. Xestospongia variabilis sensu Topsent, 1892. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=325439 on 2024-04-18
Date
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2008-03-07 15:24:48Z
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2019-06-01 11:38:09Z
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2020-03-09 13:29:20Z
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original description  (of Petrosia variabilis sensu Topsent, 1892) Topsent, E. (1892). Contribution à l'étude des Spongiaires de l'Atlantique Nord (Golfe de Gascogne, Terre-Neuve, Açores). <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco.</em> 2: 1-165, pls I-XI.
page(s): 68-69; note: Topsent has indicated Ridley as author of this species [details]  OpenAccess publication 

new combination reference Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Butler, P.J. (2020). Every sponge its own name: removing Porifera homonyms. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4745(1): 1-93., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4745.1.1
page(s): 64 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy The species needs to be renamed as this is a misapplication by Topsent (1892). Ridley's Xestospongia variabilis (as Schmidtia) is from the Pacific Ocean. [details]


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