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Deep-Sea taxon detailsTopsentia levivaceletorum Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
1424330 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1424330)
accepted
Species
Spongosorites topsenti Lévi & Vacelet, 1958 · unaccepted (genus transfer and preoccupied)
Topsentia topsenti (Lévi & Vacelet, 1958) · unaccepted (preoccupied)
marine,
recent only
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): 59 [details] Available for editors 
Nomenclature We cite here Van Soest et al.'s (2020:58-59) explanation for the nomen novum.
Removal of homonymy between Spongosorites...
Nomenclature We cite here Van Soest et al.'s (2020:58-59) explanation for the nomen novum. Removal of homonymy between Spongosorites topsenti Dendy, 1905 and Topsentia topsenti (Lévi & Vacelet, 1958). 1. Spongosorites topsenti Dendy, 1905: 182 (type locality Gulf of Manaar, Sri Lanka). The original genus assignment, Spongosorites Topsent, 1896: 117, was amended by Thomas (1985: 329) who assigned the species to Epipolasis topsenti, but Pulitzer-Finali (1993: 278) reverted the assignment back to Spongosorites, which was also the combination accepted in the World Porifera Database. The species is not well-studied, and comparison with the genus Topsentia Berg, 1899: 77 is warranted. 2. Spongosorites topsenti Lévi & Vacelet, 1958: 233 (type locality Princesse Alice Bank, Azores). The species is reassigned to the genus Topsentia Berg, 1899 by Van Soest (2001: 91, table) without justification. The description by Lévi & Vacelet is interpreted to lack Spongosorites synapomorphies (cf. Erpenbeck & Van Soest 2002: 811) such as a flaky surface layer and spongin-enforced spicule tracts, and overall appears to be more likely to indicate membership of the related genus Topsentia. In support is the fact that Topsent (1928: 165) reported this species as Topsentia spec. Cruz (2002: 145) suggests the species is difficult to distinguish from Spongosorites intricatus (Topsent, 1892: xix). Despite this potential synonymy, the species needs to be renamed as a junior primary homonym (ICZN Art. 60.3). 3. Summary: Spongosorites topsenti Dendy, 1905 as senior primary homonym is to be maintained (ICZN Art. 57.2). Topsentia topsenti (Lévi & Vacelet, 1758) is a junior primary homonym. to remove the homonymy Topsentia levivaceletorum nom. nov. was proposed, named after the authors Claude Lévi and Jean Vacelet. [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. Topsentia levivaceletorum Van Soest & Hooper, 2020. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1424330 on 2025-01-14
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Topsentia levivaceletorum Van Soest & Hooper, 2020. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1424330 on 2025-01-14
Date action by
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): 59 [details] Available for editors original description (of Spongosorites topsenti Lévi & Vacelet, 1958) Lévi, C.; Vacelet, J. (1958). Éponges récoltées dans l'Atlantique oriental par le 'Président Théodore-Tissier' (1955-1956). <em>Revue des Travaux de l'Institut des Pêches maritimes 22 (2).</em> 225-246. page(s): 233; fig 14 [details]   Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature We cite here Van Soest et al.'s (2020:58-59) explanation for the nomen novum.Removal of homonymy between Spongosorites topsenti Dendy, 1905 and Topsentia topsenti (Lévi & Vacelet, 1958). 1. Spongosorites topsenti Dendy, 1905: 182 (type locality Gulf of Manaar, Sri Lanka). The original genus assignment, Spongosorites Topsent, 1896: 117, was amended by Thomas (1985: 329) who assigned the species to Epipolasis topsenti, but Pulitzer-Finali (1993: 278) reverted the assignment back to Spongosorites, which was also the combination accepted in the World Porifera Database. The species is not well-studied, and comparison with the genus Topsentia Berg, 1899: 77 is warranted. 2. Spongosorites topsenti Lévi & Vacelet, 1958: 233 (type locality Princesse Alice Bank, Azores). The species is reassigned to the genus Topsentia Berg, 1899 by Van Soest (2001: 91, table) without justification. The description by Lévi & Vacelet is interpreted to lack Spongosorites synapomorphies (cf. Erpenbeck & Van Soest 2002: 811) such as a flaky surface layer and spongin-enforced spicule tracts, and overall appears to be more likely to indicate membership of the related genus Topsentia. In support is the fact that Topsent (1928: 165) reported this species as Topsentia spec. Cruz (2002: 145) suggests the species is difficult to distinguish from Spongosorites intricatus (Topsent, 1892: xix). Despite this potential synonymy, the species needs to be renamed as a junior primary homonym (ICZN Art. 60.3). 3. Summary: Spongosorites topsenti Dendy, 1905 as senior primary homonym is to be maintained (ICZN Art. 57.2). Topsentia topsenti (Lévi & Vacelet, 1758) is a junior primary homonym. to remove the homonymy Topsentia levivaceletorum nom. nov. was proposed, named after the authors Claude Lévi and Jean Vacelet. [details] |
