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Porifera taxon details
original description
Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Butler, P.J. (2020). Every sponge its own name: removing Porifera homonyms. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4745(1): 1-93., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4745.1.1 page(s): 59 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description
(of Spongosorites topsenti Lévi & Vacelet, 1958) Lévi, C.; Vacelet, J. (1958). Éponges récoltées dans l'Atlantique oriental par le 'Président Théodore-Tissier' (1955-1956). <em>Revue des Travaux de l'Institut des Pêches maritimes 22 (2).</em> 225-246. page(s): 233; fig 14 [details]
additional source
(of Spongosorites topsenti Lévi & Vacelet, 1958) Cruz, T. (2002). Esponjas marinas de Canarias. <em>Consejería de Política Territorial y Medio Ambiente del Gobierno de Canarias.</em> S/C Tenerife. 260 pp. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
(of Topsentia topsenti (Lévi & Vacelet, 1958)) Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source
(of Spongosorites topsenti Lévi & Vacelet, 1958) Boury-Esnault, N., G. Bellan, D. Bellan-Santini, C.F. Boudouresque, P.Chevaldonné, A. Dias, D. Faget, J.G. Harmelin, M. Harmelin-Vivien, C. Lejeusne, T. Pérez, J. Vacelet, M. Verlaque. (2023). The Station Marine d'Endoume, Marseille: 150 years of natural history. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5249(2): 213-252. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5249.2.3 [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination reference
(of Spongosorites topsenti Lévi & Vacelet, 1958) Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Butler, P.J. (2020). Every sponge its own name: removing Porifera homonyms. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4745(1): 1-93., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4745.1.1 page(s): 59 [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature We cite here Van Soest et al.'s (2020:58-59) explanation for the nomen novum.
Removal of homonymy between Spongosorites topsenti Dendy, 1905 and Topsentia topsenti (Lévi & Vacelet, 1958).
1. Spongosorites topsenti Dendy, 1905: 182 (type locality Gulf of Manaar, Sri Lanka). The original genus assignment, Spongosorites Topsent, 1896: 117, was amended by Thomas (1985: 329) who assigned the species to Epipolasis topsenti, but Pulitzer-Finali (1993: 278) reverted the assignment back to Spongosorites, which was also the combination accepted in the World Porifera Database. The species is not well-studied, and comparison with the genus Topsentia Berg, 1899: 77 is warranted.
2. Spongosorites topsenti Lévi & Vacelet, 1958: 233 (type locality Princesse Alice Bank, Azores). The species is reassigned to the genus Topsentia Berg, 1899 by Van Soest (2001: 91, table) without justification. The description by Lévi & Vacelet is interpreted to lack Spongosorites synapomorphies (cf. Erpenbeck & Van Soest 2002: 811) such as a flaky surface layer and spongin-enforced spicule tracts, and overall appears to be more likely to indicate membership of the related genus Topsentia. In support is the fact that Topsent (1928: 165) reported this species as Topsentia spec. Cruz (2002: 145) suggests the species is difficult to distinguish from Spongosorites intricatus (Topsent, 1892: xix). Despite this potential synonymy, the species needs to be renamed as a junior primary homonym (ICZN Art. 60.3).
3. Summary: Spongosorites topsenti Dendy, 1905 as senior primary homonym is to be maintained (ICZN Art. 57.2). Topsentia topsenti (Lévi & Vacelet, 1758) is a junior primary homonym. to remove the homonymy Topsentia levivaceletorum
nom. nov. was proposed, named after the authors Claude Lévi and Jean Vacelet. [details]
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