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Isodictya splendidus Payne, Samaai & Gibbons, 2026

1876428 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1876428)

 unaccepted (agreement in gender)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Payne, R.P.; Samaai, T.; Janson, L.; Kerwath, S.E.; Gibbons, M.J. (2026). New and little-known heteroscleromorph Demospongiae from the continental shelf in the Amathole region (Eastern Cape, South Africa), with a note on the sponge biodiversity of the area. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5764(1): 1-100., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5764.1.1
page(s): 63 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Holotype  SAMC A098863, geounit Natal  
Holotype SAMC A098863, geounit Natal [details]
Nomenclature According to ICZN art. 31.2, genus name and species name should agree in gender. The name splendidus is here interpreted as...  
Nomenclature According to ICZN art. 31.2, genus name and species name should agree in gender. The name splendidus is here interpreted as an adjective. The gender of the genus name is feminine, so the species name is corrected to splendida as demanded in ICZN art. 34.2. [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.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2026). World Porifera Database. Isodictya splendidus Payne, Samaai & Gibbons, 2026. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=1876428 on 2026-07-22
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original description Payne, R.P.; Samaai, T.; Janson, L.; Kerwath, S.E.; Gibbons, M.J. (2026). New and little-known heteroscleromorph Demospongiae from the continental shelf in the Amathole region (Eastern Cape, South Africa), with a note on the sponge biodiversity of the area. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5764(1): 1-100., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5764.1.1
page(s): 63 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype SAMC A098863, geounit Natal [details]
Paratype SAMC A098757, geounit Natal [details]
Paratype SAMC A098774, geounit Natal [details]
Paratype SAMC A099278, geounit Natal [details]
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Nomenclature According to ICZN art. 31.2, genus name and species name should agree in gender. The name splendidus is here interpreted as an adjective. The gender of the genus name is feminine, so the species name is corrected to splendida as demanded in ICZN art. 34.2. [details]


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