WoRMS name details
Leuconia nivea var. australiensis Carter, 1886
1340302 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1340302)
unaccepted (genus transfer, status change and preoccupied)
Variety
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Carter, H.J. (1886). Descriptions of Sponges from the Neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads, South Australia, continued. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 18: 34-55, 126-149.
page(s): 131-132 [details]
page(s): 131-132 [details]
Type locality contained in Bassian
type locality contained in Bassian [details]
Homonymy The variety was described by Carter from Port Phillip Heads in South Australia (Bassian ecoregion), approximate coordinates...
Homonymy The variety was described by Carter from Port Phillip Heads in South Australia (Bassian ecoregion), approximate coordinates 38°S 144.9°E, depth not given (syntypes 2 specimens BMNH 1887.7.12.27 and 1887.7.12.71, cf. also Burton 1963: 631). This variety cannot belong to Leuconia because the characteristic pugioles (Borojevic et al. 2002: 1194) were expressly stated to be absent. In view of Carter’s description, it is likely this variety is a Leucandra, of which no senior synonym appears to be available [it was ignored by Hooper & Wiedenmayer (1994)]. Carter (1886) described three Leuconia species with a variety australiensis: L. fistulosa var. australiensis on p. 127, L. nivea var. australiensis on p. 131, and L. johnstonii var. australiensis on p. 133. According to ICZN art. 57.2 these three are primary homonyms, of which the names L. nivea var. australiensis and L. johnstonii var. australiensis are junior homonyms that are permanently invalid, except if they meet the conditions of a nomen protectum under ICZN art. 23.9. The present variety from Port Phillip Heads in South Australia has not been treated by later authors and certainly fails to meet the conditions of a nomen protectum. Accordingly, Van Soest (2024: 95) proposed a new name, Leucandra wilsoni nom.nov. named after the collector J. Bracebridge Wilson.
L. johnstonii var. australiensis (q.v.) was assigned to the synonymy of Paraleucilla saccharata (Haeckel 1872: 241) by Hooper & Wiedenmayer (1994) and Borojevic et al. (2000), so even if technically it was given a new name Paraleucilla bassensis nom.nov., it remains a junior synonym of Haeckel's species (q.v.). [details]
L. johnstonii var. australiensis (q.v.) was assigned to the synonymy of Paraleucilla saccharata (Haeckel 1872: 241) by Hooper & Wiedenmayer (1994) and Borojevic et al. (2000), so even if technically it was given a new name Paraleucilla bassensis nom.nov., it remains a junior synonym of Haeckel's species (q.v.). [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. Leuconia nivea var. australiensis Carter, 1886. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1340302 on 2024-04-26
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original description
Carter, H.J. (1886). Descriptions of Sponges from the Neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads, South Australia, continued. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 18: 34-55, 126-149.
page(s): 131-132 [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): 95 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 131-132 [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): 95 [details] Available for editors
[request] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype BMNH 1887.7.12.27 & 71, geounit Bassian [details]
From editor or global species database
Homonymy The variety was described by Carter from Port Phillip Heads in South Australia (Bassian ecoregion), approximate coordinates 38°S 144.9°E, depth not given (syntypes 2 specimens BMNH 1887.7.12.27 and 1887.7.12.71, cf. also Burton 1963: 631). This variety cannot belong to Leuconia because the characteristic pugioles (Borojevic et al. 2002: 1194) were expressly stated to be absent. In view of Carter’s description, it is likely this variety is a Leucandra, of which no senior synonym appears to be available [it was ignored by Hooper & Wiedenmayer (1994)]. Carter (1886) described three Leuconia species with a variety australiensis: L. fistulosa var. australiensis on p. 127, L. nivea var. australiensis on p. 131, and L. johnstonii var. australiensis on p. 133. According to ICZN art. 57.2 these three are primary homonyms, of which the names L. nivea var. australiensis and L. johnstonii var. australiensis are junior homonyms that are permanently invalid, except if they meet the conditions of a nomen protectum under ICZN art. 23.9. The present variety from Port Phillip Heads in South Australia has not been treated by later authors and certainly fails to meet the conditions of a nomen protectum. Accordingly, Van Soest (2024: 95) proposed a new name, Leucandra wilsoni nom.nov. named after the collector J. Bracebridge Wilson.L. johnstonii var. australiensis (q.v.) was assigned to the synonymy of Paraleucilla saccharata (Haeckel 1872: 241) by Hooper & Wiedenmayer (1994) and Borojevic et al. (2000), so even if technically it was given a new name Paraleucilla bassensis nom.nov., it remains a junior synonym of Haeckel's species (q.v.). [details]
