WoRMS name details
Spirastrella vagabunda var. arabica Topsent, 1893
195694 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:195694)
unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Variety
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Topsent, E. (1893). Note sur quelques éponges du Golfe de Tadjoura recueillies par M. le Dr. L. Faurot. <em>Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France.</em> 18: 177-182.
page(s): 177-179 [details]
page(s): 177-179 [details]
Type locality contained in Gulf of Aden
type locality contained in Gulf of Aden [details]
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. (2024). World Porifera Database. Spirastrella vagabunda var. arabica Topsent, 1893. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=195694 on 2024-06-14
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original description
Topsent, E. (1893). Note sur quelques éponges du Golfe de Tadjoura recueillies par M. le Dr. L. Faurot. <em>Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France.</em> 18: 177-182.
page(s): 177-179 [details]
basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M. (2024). Correcting sponge names: nomenclatural update of lower taxa level Porifera. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5398(1): 1-122., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5398.1.1
page(s): 77 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 177-179 [details]
basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M. (2024). Correcting sponge names: nomenclatural update of lower taxa level Porifera. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5398(1): 1-122., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5398.1.1
page(s): 77 [details] Available for editors
[request] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unknown type MNHN DT 1867, geounit Gulf of Aden [details]
From editor or global species database
Synonymy The variety was described by Topsent from two localities in the Gulf of Aden, the first mentioned and illustrated was from the Gulf of Tadjoura, Banc de la Clocheterie, Djibouti approximate coordinates 11.95°N 43.3°E (syntype MNHN D.T. 1967), the second syntype was from Karaman Island, Yemen, approximate coordinates 15.3333°N 42.6167°E (no known reg.nr.). The differences noted by Topsent with the typical variety Spirastrella vagabunda Ridley (1884: 468, pl. XLIII fig. c, from Torres Strait. N Australia, 10.6°S 132.13°E, depth 7-13 m, wet syntypes BMNH 1882.23.243 and 307, fide Hooper & Wiedenmayer 1994: 375) are massive habit with ‘pyramidal’ oscula bearing lobes, which were closed in the preserved specimens. The tylostyles are thicker than those of the typical variety, and the spirasters likewise are somewhat thicker. These differences are meagre and Topsent himself was convinced that the Gulf of Aden material was not specifically different from Ridley’s types from Torres Straits. In view of the occurrence over the Indo-West Pacific of several described forms and varieties of this species which were all ultimately judged to be products of a widespread variable species, Van Soest (2024: 77) proposed to merge Topsent’s variety with the species to be named Spheciospongia vagabunda (Ridley, 1884). [details]
