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Porifera name detailsSuberites ficus pagurorum Solé-Cava & Thorpe, 1986
737993 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:737993)
unaccepted (status change)
Subspecies
marine,
recent only
Solé-Cava, A.M.; Thorpe, J.P. (1986). Genetic differentiation between morphotypes of the marine sponge <i>Suberites ficus</i> (Demospongiae:Hadromerida). <em>Marine Biology.</em> 93: 247-253. [details] Available for editors
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Type locality contained in Celtic Seas
type locality contained in Celtic Seas [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. Suberites ficus pagurorum Solé-Cava & Thorpe, 1986. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=737993 on 2026-01-18
Date action by
original description
Solé-Cava, A.M.; Thorpe, J.P. (1986). Genetic differentiation between morphotypes of the marine sponge <i>Suberites ficus</i> (Demospongiae:Hadromerida). <em>Marine Biology.</em> 93: 247-253. [details] Available for editors
[request] Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype BMNH 1986.1.9.1-5, geounit Celtic Seas [details]
From editor or global species database
Validity The authors distinguished three 'subspecies' of the ubiquitous species Suberites ficus from a single locality off the Isle of Man largely on the basis of enzyme electrophoresis, which is currently (2025) no longer an accepted reliable technique to separate biological taxa. They stated that a nominotypical 'subspecies' could not be erected because they were unable to detect which would be the typical subspecies, but the three taxa they distinguished 'should have names' and for that reason they erected three new names, ssp.rubrus, luridus and pagurorum. Two of the 'subspecies' were encrusting on Chlamys opercularis, but they were different in colour, red ('subspecies' rubrus), and yellow ('subspecies' luridus. The present third 'subspecies', was different again by being inhabited by a pagurid crab. The failure to indicate which of the 'subspecies' was the typical 'subspecies' and the sympatric occurrence makes the status and the nomenclature dubious, the more so in view of a large number of potential senior names available in the literature. For the present 'sub'species it is likely that is a junior synonym of Suberites suberia (Montagu, 1814), reported to occur in the Celtic Seas by many authors prior to the present authors. Furthermore, no type specimens have been expressly indicated, although specimen registration numbers have been provided for a specimen of each 'subspecies', which by inference can be given lectotype status (after 1999 these 'subspecies' would have been deemed unavailable by ICZN art. 72.3, but as the names were proposed in 1968 they remain available). [details]
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