WoRMS 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]
page(s): 362-364 [details]
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 through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=195670 on 2024-04-25
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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]
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
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page(s): 362-364 [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): 61 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype ZMB 4261, geounit Houtman [details]
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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]
