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WoRMS name details
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): 147-148 [details]
additional source
Kumar, A. (1925). Report on some Tetraxonid sponges in the collection of the Indian Museum. <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 27(3): 211-229. page(s): 229 [details] Available for editors [request]
source of synonymy
Rao, H.S. 1941. Indian and Ceylon sponges of the Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm collected by K. Fristedt. Records of the Indian Museum 43: 417-469. page(s): 426 [details]
From editor or global species database
Homonymy The variety was described by Dendy from the Amirante Islands, Seychelles, approximate coordinates 6.16°S 53.13°E, depth 46 m (holotype BMNH 1921.11.7.122). The difference with the typical variety described by Dendy (1905: 131, pl. V fig. 10, from Periya Paar, Gulf of Mannar, Sri Lanka, approximate coordinates 8.95°N 79.75°E, depth 44 m, wet holotype BMNH 1907.2.1.30) is primarily the shape, thin flat crust in the present variety, branched in the typical variety. The differences in shape and size of the tylostyles alleged by Dendy appear quite meagre. The typical variety was previously transferred to Laxosuberites Topsent, 1896 (currently a junior synonym of Hymeniacidon Bowerbank, 1896), and recently it was assigned to Terpios Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 by Lim et al. (2012). Rao (1941) and Vacelet et al. (1976) merged the present variety with the typical variety. The present variety is a junior primary homonym of Suberites carnosus depressus Topsent, 1900 from Banyuls and NW Europe (cf. above). Junior primary homonyms must be replaced (ICZN art. 57.2) for which Van Soest (2024: 87) proposed Suberites dendyi nom.nov., named after Arthur Dendy. This may be a junior synonym of Terpios cruciatus Dendy, 1905. [details]
Synonymy The variety was based on a thinner encrusting growth form, which was reason for Rao (1941) to propose to merge it with the typical variety. Vacelet et al. (1976) confirmed this synonymy. [details]
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