World Porifera Database - Species - Donatia japonica (Sollas, 1888)

WoRMS name details

Donatia japonica (Sollas, 1888)

AphiaID

194710 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:194710)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (reverted genus transfer)

Accepted Name

Tethya japonica Sollas, 1888

Rank

Species

Parent

Donatia Nardo, 1833 accepted as Tethya Lamarck, 1815

Original name

Tethya japonica Sollas, 1888

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Variety Donatia japonica var. albanensis Hentschel, 1909 accepted as Tethya robusta (Bowerbank, 1873) (junior synonym)
Variety Donatia japonica var. globosa Hentschel, 1909 accepted as Tethya ingalli (Bowerbank, 1858) (junior synonym)
Variety Donatia japonica var. nucleata Hentschel, 1909 accepted as Tethya ingalli (Bowerbank, 1858) (junior synonym)
Variety Donatia japonica var. peracuata accepted as Tethya peracuta (Topsent, 1918) (genus transfer, status change and misspelling of species name)
Variety Donatia japonica var. peracuta Topsent, 1918 accepted as Tethya peracuta (Topsent, 1918) (genus transfer and status change)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Tethya japonica Sollas, 1888) Sollas, W.J. (1888). Report on the Tetractinellida collected by H.M.S. Challenger, during the years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 25 (part 63): 1-458, pl. 1-44, 1 map., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-63/htm/doc.html
page(s): 430-431 [details]

Taxonomic citation

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. Donatia japonica (Sollas, 1888). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=194710 on 2025-04-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-12-17 18:39:48Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-09-17 17:45:42Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2006-09-23 11:59:15Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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Nomenclature

original description (of Tethya japonica Sollas, 1888) Sollas, W.J. (1888). Report on the Tetractinellida collected by H.M.S. Challenger, during the years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 25 (part 63): 1-458, pl. 1-44, 1 map., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-63/htm/doc.html
page(s): 430-431 [details]

basis of record Dendy, A. (1916). Report on the Homosclerophora and Astrotetraxonida collected by H.M.S. ‘Sealark' in the Indian Ocean. In: Reports of the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905, Vol. 6. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 17 (2): 225-271,pls 44-48.
page(s): 262-263 [details]

new combination reference Topsent, E. (1906). Eponges recueillies par M. Ch. Gravier dans la Mer Rouge. Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. 12 (7): 557-570.
page(s): 566 [details]

Other

additional source Burton, M. (1924). A revision of the sponge family Donatiidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1924 (part 4): 1033-1045, pl. 1. [details] Available for editors

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Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)