WoRMS name details
Gelliodes carnosa var. laxa Dendy, 1922
166718 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:166718)
unaccepted (junior synonym)
Variety
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Dendy, A. (1922). Report on the Sigmatotetraxonida collected by H.M.S.'Sealark' in the Indian Ocean. <i>In</i>: Reports of the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905, Vol. 7. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 18 (1): 1-164, pls 1-18.
page(s): 29 [details]
page(s): 29 [details]
Type locality contained in Cargados Carajos/Tromelin Island
type locality contained in Cargados Carajos/Tromelin Island [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. Gelliodes carnosa var. laxa Dendy, 1922. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=166718 on 2024-04-26
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original description
Dendy, A. (1922). Report on the Sigmatotetraxonida collected by H.M.S.'Sealark' in the Indian Ocean. <i>In</i>: Reports of the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905, Vol. 7. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 18 (1): 1-164, pls 1-18.
page(s): 29 [details]
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): 34 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 29 [details]
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): 34 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype BMNH 1921.11.7.16, geounit Cargados Carajos/Tromelin Island [details]
Syntype BMNH 1925.11.1.934 & 1177, geounit Seychelles [details]
From editor or global species database
Synonymy The variety was described by Dendy from Cargados Carajos, approximate coordinates 16.5667°S 59.6167°E, depth 48 m, and from Amirante, Seychelles (with syntypes BMNH 1921.11.7.16, and 1925.11.1.934 & 1177). The typical variety from Tuticorin, Gulf of Mannar, approximate coordinates 8.9°N 78.2°E (syntypes BMNH 1889.1.21.6, 44–45 & 78) as described by Dendy (1889: 83) appears rather more similar to the var. laxa than to the specimen pictured and described by Dendy (1905: 137, pl. VII fig. 5, from Cod Bay, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, approximate coordinates 8°57N 81.2°E), as it is more squat and its oxeas are indicated to become ‘vestigial’. Although the 1889 type description is not accompanied by an illustration of the habitus, it does not seem to be clearly different in shape and skeletal features from the var. laxa. Van Soest (2024: 34) believed the three reports of this species by Dendy (twice named Gelliodes carnosa, once given the varietal name laxa) are all conspecific and represent variations of the same Central and Western Indian Ocean Gelliodes species. Accordingly, he proposed to merge the var.laxa and the typical variety into a single species, Gelliodes carnosa Dendy, 1889. [details]
