Deep-Sea taxon details
Pheronema pseudogiganteum Tabachnick & Lévi, 2000
171572 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:171572)
accepted
Species
Pheronema pseudogiganteum f. nuda Tabachnick & Lévi, 2000 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Pheronema pseudogiganteum f. stellata Tabachnick & Lévi, 2000 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Pheronema pseudogiganteum f. variodisca Tabachnick & Lévi, 2000 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Pheronema pseudogiganteum f. vaubana Tabachnick & Lévi, 2000 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Forma Pheronema pseudogiganteum f. nuda Tabachnick & Lévi, 2000 accepted as Pheronema pseudogiganteum Tabachnick & Lévi, 2000 (junior synonym)
- Forma Pheronema pseudogiganteum f. stellata Tabachnick & Lévi, 2000 accepted as Pheronema pseudogiganteum Tabachnick & Lévi, 2000 (junior synonym)
- Forma Pheronema pseudogiganteum f. variodisca Tabachnick & Lévi, 2000 accepted as Pheronema pseudogiganteum Tabachnick & Lévi, 2000 (junior synonym)
- Forma Pheronema pseudogiganteum f. vaubana Tabachnick & Lévi, 2000 accepted as Pheronema pseudogiganteum Tabachnick & Lévi, 2000 (junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Tabachnick, K.R.; Lévi, C. (2000). Porifera Hexactinellida: Amphidiscophora off New Caledonia. <i>In</i>: Crosnier, A. (Ed.), Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Volume 21. <i>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle</i>. (A, Zoologie), 184: 53-140. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 113-114 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 113-114 [details] Available for editors
Holotype ZMA POR. 05099, geounit Banda Sea
Holotype ZMA POR. 05099, geounit Banda Sea [details]
Nomenclature The authors of this species distinguished four forma's, viz. nuda, vaubana, stellata, and variodisca. The ICZN specifically...
Nomenclature The authors of this species distinguished four forma's, viz. nuda, vaubana, stellata, and variodisca. The ICZN specifically ruled (art. 15.2) that such formas proposed after 1960 are to be considered infrasubspecific and as such are not governed by the Code. The names of the formas are unavailable for future use as a taxon of subspecific or specific rank. They are listed here merely because they exist in the literature, but are considered members of the species, for convenience sake declared unaccepted as junior synonyms. [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. (2025). World Porifera Database. Pheronema pseudogiganteum Tabachnick & Lévi, 2000. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=171572 on 2026-10-18
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Pheronema pseudogiganteum Tabachnick & Lévi, 2000. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=171572 on 2026-10-18
original description
Tabachnick, K.R.; Lévi, C. (2000). Porifera Hexactinellida: Amphidiscophora off New Caledonia. <i>In</i>: Crosnier, A. (Ed.), Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Volume 21. <i>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle</i>. (A, Zoologie), 184: 53-140. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 113-114 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Pheronema pseudogiganteum f. nuda Tabachnick & Lévi, 2000) Tabachnick, K.R.; Lévi, C. (2000). Porifera Hexactinellida: Amphidiscophora off New Caledonia. <i>In</i>: Crosnier, A. (Ed.), Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Volume 21. <i>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle</i>. (A, Zoologie), 184: 53-140. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 114-117 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Pheronema pseudogiganteum f. vaubana Tabachnick & Lévi, 2000) Tabachnick, K.R.; Lévi, C. (2000). Porifera Hexactinellida: Amphidiscophora off New Caledonia. <i>In</i>: Crosnier, A. (Ed.), Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Volume 21. <i>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle</i>. (A, Zoologie), 184: 53-140. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 117 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Pheronema pseudogiganteum f. stellata Tabachnick & Lévi, 2000) Tabachnick, K.R.; Lévi, C. (2000). Porifera Hexactinellida: Amphidiscophora off New Caledonia. <i>In</i>: Crosnier, A. (Ed.), Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Volume 21. <i>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle</i>. (A, Zoologie), 184: 53-140. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 117-119 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Pheronema pseudogiganteum f. variodisca Tabachnick & Lévi, 2000) Tabachnick, K.R.; Lévi, C. (2000). Porifera Hexactinellida: Amphidiscophora off New Caledonia. <i>In</i>: Crosnier, A. (Ed.), Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Volume 21. <i>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle</i>. (A, Zoologie), 184: 53-140. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 119-121 [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Tabachnick, K.R.; Lévi, C. (2000). Porifera Hexactinellida: Amphidiscophora off New Caledonia. <i>In</i>: Crosnier, A. (Ed.), Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Volume 21. <i>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle</i>. (A, Zoologie), 184: 53-140. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
page(s): 113-114 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Pheronema pseudogiganteum f. nuda Tabachnick & Lévi, 2000) Tabachnick, K.R.; Lévi, C. (2000). Porifera Hexactinellida: Amphidiscophora off New Caledonia. <i>In</i>: Crosnier, A. (Ed.), Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Volume 21. <i>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle</i>. (A, Zoologie), 184: 53-140. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 114-117 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Pheronema pseudogiganteum f. vaubana Tabachnick & Lévi, 2000) Tabachnick, K.R.; Lévi, C. (2000). Porifera Hexactinellida: Amphidiscophora off New Caledonia. <i>In</i>: Crosnier, A. (Ed.), Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Volume 21. <i>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle</i>. (A, Zoologie), 184: 53-140. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 117 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Pheronema pseudogiganteum f. stellata Tabachnick & Lévi, 2000) Tabachnick, K.R.; Lévi, C. (2000). Porifera Hexactinellida: Amphidiscophora off New Caledonia. <i>In</i>: Crosnier, A. (Ed.), Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Volume 21. <i>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle</i>. (A, Zoologie), 184: 53-140. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 117-119 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Pheronema pseudogiganteum f. variodisca Tabachnick & Lévi, 2000) Tabachnick, K.R.; Lévi, C. (2000). Porifera Hexactinellida: Amphidiscophora off New Caledonia. <i>In</i>: Crosnier, A. (Ed.), Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Volume 21. <i>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle</i>. (A, Zoologie), 184: 53-140. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 119-121 [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Tabachnick, K.R.; Lévi, C. (2000). Porifera Hexactinellida: Amphidiscophora off New Caledonia. <i>In</i>: Crosnier, A. (Ed.), Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Volume 21. <i>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle</i>. (A, Zoologie), 184: 53-140. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype ZMA POR. 05099, geounit Banda Sea [details]
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature The authors of this species distinguished four forma's, viz. nuda, vaubana, stellata, and variodisca. The ICZN specifically ruled (art. 15.2) that such formas proposed after 1960 are to be considered infrasubspecific and as such are not governed by the Code. The names of the formas are unavailable for future use as a taxon of subspecific or specific rank. They are listed here merely because they exist in the literature, but are considered members of the species, for convenience sake declared unaccepted as junior synonyms. [details]
