WoRMS taxon details
original description
(of Cacospongia exemplum Lendenfeld, 1885) Lendenfeld, R. von. (1886 [1885]). A Monograph of the Australian Sponges. Part V. The Auleninae. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 10 (3): 282-325, pls 26-35. page(s): 307-308 [details]
basis of record
Lendenfeld, R. von. (1889). A Monograph of the Horny Sponges. (Trübner and Co.: London). iii-iv, 1-936, pls 1-50., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.20735531;view=1up;seq=1 page(s): 356-357 [details]
redescription
Lendenfeld, R. von. (1888). Descriptive Catalogue of the Sponges in the Australian Museum, Sidney. (Taylor & Francis: London). i-xiv, 1-260, pls 1-12. page(s): 142-143 [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Thorecta exemplum was not recognized as a separate species by Hooper & Wiedenmayer (1994) next to its varieties prima (now Thorecta prima), secunda (junior synonym of Thorecta latus) and tertia (junior synonym of Thorecta latus). No nominal typical variety has been named as Thorecta exempluma var. exemplum as is required by the art. 46 of the ICZN. Until a proper revision has been made of Thorecta we will maintain Thorecta exemplum as distinct, although it is likely that it is a junior synonym of T. latus.
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Taxonomy The 1886 description is unrecognizable and a nomen nudum, so authorship and date become Lendenfeld, 1888. [details]
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