WoRMS taxon details
Ircinia variabilis (Schmidt, 1862)
AphiaID: 132362
AphiaID: 132362
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Dictyoceratida (Order) > Irciniidae (Family) > Ircinia (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Typetaxon of |
Ircinia Nardo, 1833 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Ircinia Nardo, 1833 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Euricinia variabilis (Schmidt, 1862) (genus transfer) Hircinia (Euricinia) variabilis Schmidt, 1862 (genus transfer) Hircinia flavescens Schmidt, 1862 (genus transfer and junior synonym) Hircinia hebes Schmidt, 1862 (genus transfer and junior synonym) Hircinia hirsuta Schmidt, 1862 (genus transfer and junior synonym) Hircinia lingua Schmidt, 1868 (genus transfer & junior synonym) Hircinia mammillaris Schmidt, 1868 (genus transfer and junior synonym) Hircinia panicea Schmidt, 1862 (genus transfer and junior synonym) Hircinia typica Nardo, 1847 (nomen nudum) Hircinia variabilis Schmidt, 1862 (genus name correction) Hircinia variabilis var. fistulata Szymanski, 1904 (junior synonym) Hircinia variabilis var. galea Lendenfeld, 1889 (junior synonym) Hircinia variabilis var. hirsuta Schmidt, 1862 (junior synonym) Hircinia variabilis var. mammillaris Schmidt, 1868 (junior synonym) Hircinia variabilis var. typica Nardo, 1847 (junior synonym) Ircinia fasciculata sensu Vacelet, 1959 (junior synonym) Ircinia flavescens (Schmidt, 1862) (genus transfer) Ircinia hebes (Schmidt, 1862) (junior synonym) Ircinia hirsuta (Schmidt, 1862) (junior synonym) Ircinia hospitum Nardo, 1833 (junior synonym) Ircinia lingua (Schmidt, 1868) (junior synonym) Ircinia panicea (Schmidt, 1862) (junior synonym) Ircinia rigida Nardo, 1833 (nomen nudum) Ircinia spongiastrum Nardo, 1833 (nomen nudum) Ircinia tenax Nardo, 1833 (nomen nudum) Ircinia typica (Nardo, 1847) (nomen nudum) Ircinia variabilis var. typica Nardo, 1847 (junior synonym) Spongia cavernosa sensu Nardo, 1833 (genus transfer) Spongia licheniformis var. gamma Lamarck, 1814 (genus transfer & junior synonym) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Schmidt, O. 1862. Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7. [details] [full text]
basis of record: Pronzato, R.; Malva, R,; Manconi, R, 2004. The taxonomic status of Ircinia fasciculata, Ircinia felix, and Ircinia variabilis (Dictyoceratida, Irciniidae). Boll. Mus. Ist.Biol. Univ. Genova 68: 553-563. [details] additional source: Rützler, K., R. W. M. van Soest, and C. Piantoni. 2009. Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 285–313 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] additional source: Van Soest, R.W.M. 2001. Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 85-103 (look up in IMIS) [details] from synonym: Schmidt, O. 1868. Die Spongien der Küste von Algier. Mit Nachträgen zu den Spongien des Adriatischen Meeres (Drittes Supplement). (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-iv, 1-44, pls I-V. [details] [view taxon] [full text] from synonym: Szymanski, M. 1904a. Hornschwämme von Aegina und Brioni bei Pola. Inaugural Dissertation. (Breslau). [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Szymanski, M. 1904b. Zur Anatomie und Systematik der Hornschwämme des Mittelmeeres. Zoologischen Anzeiger 27: 445-449. [details] [view taxon] [full text] from synonym: Clarke, A.; Johnston, N.M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 41: 47-114 (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Topsent, E. 1938b. Contribution nouvelle à la connaissance des Eponges des côtes d’Algérie. Les espèces nouvelles d’O. Schmidt, 1868. Bulletin de l’Institut océanographique, Monaco (758): 1-32. [details] [view taxon] [full text] from synonym: Nardo, G.D. 1833. Auszug aus einem neuen System der Spongiarien,wonach bereits die Aufstellung in der Universitäts-Sammlung zu Padua gemacht ist. Pp. 519-523. In: Isis, oder Encyclopädische Zeitung Coll.(Oken: Jena). [details] [view taxon] [full text] from synonym: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (Ed.) (2002). Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of Sponges. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers: New York, NY (USA). ISBN 0-306-47260-0. xix, 1-1101, 1103-1706 (2 volumes) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Lamarck, J.B.P. De Monet, Comte De, 1813-1814. Sur les polypiers empâtés. Suite du mémoire intitulé: Sur les Polypiers empâtés. Suite des éponges. Annales du Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, Paris 20 (6): 294-312 (published 1813), 370-386, 432-458 (published 1814). [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Topsent, E. 1931 [1930]. Éponges de Lamarck conservées au Muséum de Paris. Archives du Muséum national d’histoire naturelle. Paris (6) 5:1-56, pls I-IV. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Burton, M. 1956. The sponges of West Africa. Atlantide Report (Scientific Results of the Danish Expedition to the Coasts of Tropical West Africa, 1945-1946, Copenhagen) 4: 111-147. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Lévi, C. 1957a. Spongiaires des côtes d'Israel. Bulletin of the Research Council of Israel 6 B(3-4): 201-212. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Pansini, M. 1987a. Littoral demosponges from the banks of the Strait of Sicily and the Alboran Sea. Pp. 149-185. In: Vacelet, J. & Boury-Esnault, N. (Eds), Taxonomy of Porifera from the N.E. Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. NATO ASI Series G 13. (Springer-Verlag: Berlin, Heidelberg): 1-332. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Burton, M. 1926d. Sponges. Zoological Results of the Suez Canal Expedition. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 22: 71-83. [details] [view taxon] [full text] from synonym: Lendenfeld, R. Von 1889a. A Monograph of the Horny Sponges.(Trübner and Co.: London): iii-iv, 1-936, pls 1-50. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Thiele, J. 1905. Die Kiesel- und Hornschwämme der Sammlung Plate. Zoologische Jahrbücher Supplement 6 (Fauna Chiliensis III): 407-496,pls 27-33. [details] [view taxon] [full text] from synonym: Nardo, G.D. 1847a. Prospetto della fauna marina volgare del Veneto Estuario con cenni sulle principali specie commestibili dell’Adriatico,sulle venete pesche, sulle valli, ecc. Pp. 113-156 (1-45 in reprint). In:Venezia e le sue lagune. (G. Antonelli: Venezia). [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Hooper, J.N.A.; Wiedenmayer, F. 1994. Porifera. Pp. 1-620. In: Wells, A. (Ed.), Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 12. (CSIRO: Melbourne)., available online at http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/taxa/PORIFERA/checklist#selected [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Vacelet, J. 1959. Répartition générale des éponges et systématique des éponges cornées de la région de Marseille et de quelques stations méditerranéennes. Recueil des Travaux de la Station marine d’Endoume 16 (26): 39-101, pls 1-3. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Cruz, T. 2002. Esponjas marinas de Canarias. Consejería de Política Territorial y Medio Ambiente del Gobierno de Canarias, S/C Tenerife. 260 pp. [details] [view taxon] misapplication: Burton, M. 1954. Sponges. Pp. 215-239, pl. 9. In: The 'Rosaura' Expedition. Part 5. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology, 2(6). [details] [full text] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Variety Ircinia variabilis var. dendroides (Schmidt, 1862) accepted as Ircinia dendroides (Schmidt, 1862) Variety Ircinia variabilis var. typica Nardo, 1847 accepted as Ircinia variabilis (Schmidt, 1862) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Adriatic Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Aegean Sea [details] Alboran Island (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Alboran Sea [details] Algeria (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Azores Canaries Madeira [details] Canary Islands Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Cape Verde (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Croatia (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] European waters (ERMS scope) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Greece (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Gulf of Guinea West [details] Gulf of Mexico (not valid) [details] Israeli Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Italian Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Kerkennah Islands [details] Levantine Sea [details] Mediterranean Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] North Mediterranean (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] South European Atlantic Shelf [details] Southwestern Caribbean (not valid) [details] West Africa (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Western Mediterranean [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Specimens |
Cotype (from synonym): MNHN DT 772, locality Algeria [view taxon]
Cotype (from synonym): MNHN DT 772, locality Algeria [view taxon] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 7 proteins) To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Note |
The assignment of Hircinia variabilis Schmidt as type species of the genus Ircinia is controversial. It is proposed by Pronzato et al. (2004) to name Ircinia spongiastrum Nardo, 1833 as type species. This is a nomen nudum and as such not available as a name for a valid (type) species. Subsequently these authors assign I. spongiastrum to the synonymy of Hircinia variabilis Schmidt, 1862 by which act this would become the type species of Ircinia. Previously, authors have attempted to assign Spongia fasciculata Pallas, 1766, as type of Ircinia, but that is not possible because this was not among the species mentioned by Nardo, 1833 under Ircinia. For Hircinia variabilis Schmidt to become type species 'officially', a verdict from the Committee of the ICZN appears necessary. [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132362 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Ircinia variabilis (Schmidt, 1862). In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M. (2013) World Porifera database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=132362 on 2013-05-25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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