WoRMS name details
Hymeniacidon kerguelensis var. capensis Hentschel, 1914
165904 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:165904)
unaccepted (status change)
Variety
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hentschel, E. (1914). Monaxone Kieselschwämme und Hornschwämme der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903. <em>Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition.</em> 15 (1): 35-141, pls IV-VIII.
page(s): 124 [details]
page(s): 124 [details]
Type locality contained in Agulhas Bank
type locality contained in Agulhas Bank [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. Hymeniacidon kerguelensis var. capensis Hentschel, 1914. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=165904 on 2024-04-23
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original description
Hentschel, E. (1914). Monaxone Kieselschwämme und Hornschwämme der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903. <em>Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition.</em> 15 (1): 35-141, pls IV-VIII.
page(s): 124 [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): 81 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 124 [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): 81 [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Synonymy The variety was described by Hentschel from Simon’s Bay, Cape Town, approximate coordinates 34.1833°S 18.433°E, depth not given (syntype ZMB 4801). It is distinguished from the typical variety, also described by Hentschel (1914: 123, pl. VIII fig. 7, from shallow water in the Observatory Bay, Kerguelen Islands, approximate coordinates 49.4167°S 69.9°E, holotype ZMB 4800), by being thinner (2 mm vs 25 mm) and having indistinct skeletal tracts whereas the typical variety has these more clearly developed and consolidated by some spongin. Other characters, in particular the spicules, are similar in both. Hymeniacidon Bowerbank, 1866 species generally do not appear to have highly differentiated morphological characters, so these small differences of the two varieties in combination with 4500 km distance between Kerguelen and Cape Town may indicate they could be genetically distinct. Accordingly, Van Soest (2024: 81) proposed to distinguish them as subspecies, H. k. subsp. kerguelensis and H. k. subsp. capensis, both authored by Hentschel 1914. Other Hymeniacidon records from South Africa are H. perlevis (Montagu, 1814) (also as H. caruncula Bowerbank, 1866), reported by Stephens (1915), Samaai & Gibbons (2005) and Samaai et al. (2022), H. stylifera (Stephens, 1915, as Leucophloeus), and H. littoralis Samaai & Gibbons, 2005 all have longer and thicker styles and surface papillae. [details]