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Porifera taxon details

Erylus discastera Dickinson, 1945

170068  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:170068)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Dickinson, M.G. (1945). Sponges of the Gulf of California. Pp. 1-55, pls1-97. In: Reports on the collections obtained by Alan Hancock Pacific Expeditions of Velero III off the coast of Mexico, Central America, South America, and Galapagos Islands in 1932, in 1933, in 1934, in 1935, in 1936, in 1937, in 1939, and 1940. The University of Southern California Press, Los Angeles. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Type locality contained in Cortezian  
type locality contained in Cortezian [details]
Nomenclature Although the gender of Erylus is masculine, the suffix of the species name is -a, a typical feminine suffix and this...  
Nomenclature Although the gender of Erylus is masculine, the suffix of the species name is -a, a typical feminine suffix and this potentially violates the required agreement in gender between genus and species name. Although Dickinson did not explain the derivation of the species name, we assume that he interpreted the name as a plural noun, discastera, and not as an adjective. [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. Erylus discastera Dickinson, 1945. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=170068 on 2024-03-28
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original description Dickinson, M.G. (1945). Sponges of the Gulf of California. Pp. 1-55, pls1-97. In: Reports on the collections obtained by Alan Hancock Pacific Expeditions of Velero III off the coast of Mexico, Central America, South America, and Galapagos Islands in 1932, in 1933, in 1934, in 1935, in 1936, in 1937, in 1939, and 1940. The University of Southern California Press, Los Angeles. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Nomenclature Although the gender of Erylus is masculine, the suffix of the species name is -a, a typical feminine suffix and this potentially violates the required agreement in gender between genus and species name. Although Dickinson did not explain the derivation of the species name, we assume that he interpreted the name as a plural noun, discastera, and not as an adjective. [details]


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