WoRMS taxon details
original description
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): 37 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description
(of Adocia laevis Griessinger, 1971) Griessinger, J. M. (1971). Etude des Réniérides de Méditerranée (Démosponges Haplosclérides). <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Zoologie).</em> 3(3): 97-182. page(s): 160-162; fig 12 d [details] Available for editors [request]
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Nomenclature Here we cite Van Soest et al.'s (2020: 37) explanation for the nomen novum.
Removal of homonymy between Haliclona (Gellius) laevis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) and Haliclona laevis (Griessinger, 1971).
1. Gellius laevis Ridley & Dendy, 1886: 333 (type locality off Rio de la Plata, Southwest Atlantic). Originally described as Gellius laevis Ridley & Dendy, 1886 it was reassigned to Haliclona Grant, 1841: 5, when Gellius Gray, 1867: 838 was transferred to the synonymy of Haliclona Grant, 1841: 5 by De Weerdt (2002: 859), making it a senior secondary homonym of Haliclona laevis (Griessinger, 1971) (ICZN Art. 57.2).
2. Adocia laevis Griessinger, 1971: 160 (type locality Alboran Sea, Western Mediterranean). Originally named Adocia laevis Griessinger, 1971 it was reassigned to Haliclona by De Weerdt (1989: 60; 2000: 6) as Haliclona (Haliclona) laevis. This made it a junior secondary homonym of Haliclona (Gellus) laevis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886), and thus it required a new name (ICZN Art. 59.1).
3. Summary: Haliclona (Gellius) laevis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) is to be maintained as senior (secondary) homonym (ICZN Art. 57.3). Haliclona (Haliclona) laevis (Griessinger, 1971) is a junior secondary homonym without published synonyms and needed to be replaced (ICZN Art. 59.1, 60.3). To remove the homonymy, Haliclona (Haliclona) jeanmicheli nom. nov. was proposed, named after Jean-Michel Griessinger. [details]
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