Correcting sponge names: nomenclatural update of lower taxa level Porifera
Author
Van Soest, Rob W. M.
text
Zootaxa
2024
2024-01-09
5398
1
1
122
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5398.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5398.1.1
1175-5334
10494167
E233F731-D5FA-4032-B3A4-CEFE5A809C49
Spongia equina
subsp.
cerebriformis
var.
divisa
Hyatt, 1877
Spongia equina
subsp.
cerebriformis
var.
divisa
Hyatt, 1877: 521
.
Spongia obscura
Wiedenmayer, 1977: 56
.
Hyatt’s name is not an available name (as it has a fourth name, ICZN art. 45.5). As proposed below, I assign this material from Key West,
Florida
to
Spongia (Spongia) obscura
Wiedenmayer, 1977
.