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
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Pellina semitubulosa
var.
pontica
f.
horhippiana
Czerniavsky, 1880
Pellina semitubulosa
var.
pontica
f.
horhippiana
Czerniavsky, 1880: 111
(no illustration).
The forma was described by Czerniavsky from Novorossijsk, Russian Black Sea coast, approximate coordinates
44.68°N
37.82°E
, depth
2–10 m
(‘holotype’ ZIN-RAS 11428). The combination is invalid on account of having four names (ICZN art. 45.5).
Pellina semitubulosa
(
Lamarck, 1814: 455
, as
Spongia
) is recognized as an ill-known Mediterranean species, currently named
Halichondria (Halichondria) semitubulosa
(cf.
Erpenbeck & Van Soest 2002: 804
). The specimen of the present forma is to be assigned to that species.