Porifera taxon details
Haliclona rowi Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
1424299 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1424299)
accepted
Species
Haliclona spinosella (Row, 1911) · unaccepted (preoccupied)
Reniera spinosella Row, 1911 · unaccepted (genus transfer and preoccupied)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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): 55 [details] Available for editors
[request]
(of Reniera spinosella Row, 1911) Row, R.W.H. (1911). Reports on the Marine Biology of the Sudanese Red Sea, from Collections made by Cyril Crossland, M.A., B.Sc., F.Z.S. XIX. Report on the Sponges collected by Mr. Cyril Crossland in 1904-5. Part II. Non-Calcarea. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society. Zoology.</em> 31 (208): 287-400, pls 35-41.
page(s): 317-318 [details]
page(s): 55 [details] Available for editors
[request](of Reniera spinosella Row, 1911) Row, R.W.H. (1911). Reports on the Marine Biology of the Sudanese Red Sea, from Collections made by Cyril Crossland, M.A., B.Sc., F.Z.S. XIX. Report on the Sponges collected by Mr. Cyril Crossland in 1904-5. Part II. Non-Calcarea. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society. Zoology.</em> 31 (208): 287-400, pls 35-41.
page(s): 317-318 [details]
Type locality contained in Northern and Central Red Sea
type locality contained in Northern and Central Red Sea [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Nomenclature We cite here Van Soest et al.'s (2020: 54-55) explanation for the nomen novum.
Removal of homonymy between Haliclona...
Removal of homonymy between Haliclona...
Nomenclature We cite here Van Soest et al.'s (2020: 54-55) explanation for the nomen novum.
Removal of homonymy between Haliclona spinosella (Thiele, 1905) and Haliclona spinosella (Row, 1911).
1. Reniera spinosella Thiele, 1905: 459 (type locality Punta Arenas, Chile). The genus Reniera Schmidt, 1862: 72 is a junior synonym of Haliclona Grant, 1841, employed as a subgenus Haliclona (Reniera), but the species is accepted as Haliclona spinosella, without subgenus assignment. The species was erroneously reported to occur in the Mediterranean by Streftaris et al. (2005), presumably because of Row’s (1911) homonym, which concerns a clearly different species. No reliable reports by sponge biologists are known to support a Mediterranean occurrence of this species.
2. Reniera spinosella Row, 1911: 317 (type locality Suez, Northern Red Sea). As remarked above, the genus Reniera Schmidt, 1862 is a junior synonym of Haliclona Grant, 1841, employed as a subgenus Haliclona (Reniera), but the species is accepted as Haliclona spinosella, without subgenus assignment. Nevertheless there are many small differences with Thiele’s spinosella, in the shape, the skeletal structure and the shape and size of the oxeas. On that basis the two spinosella species are clearly different. The present species is a junior primary homonym and needs to be replaced (ICZN Art. 57.2).
93.3. Summary of Proposed Actions.
Haliclona spinosella (Thiele, 1905) as senior primary homonym is to be maintained (ICZN Art. 57.2).
Haliclona spinosella (Row, 1911) is a junior primary homonym and needed to be renamed (ICZN Art. 60.1). No obvious synonyms are currently known, thus Haliclona rowi nom.nov. was proposed, named after Harold Row, to remove the homonymy. [details]
Removal of homonymy between Haliclona spinosella (Thiele, 1905) and Haliclona spinosella (Row, 1911).
1. Reniera spinosella Thiele, 1905: 459 (type locality Punta Arenas, Chile). The genus Reniera Schmidt, 1862: 72 is a junior synonym of Haliclona Grant, 1841, employed as a subgenus Haliclona (Reniera), but the species is accepted as Haliclona spinosella, without subgenus assignment. The species was erroneously reported to occur in the Mediterranean by Streftaris et al. (2005), presumably because of Row’s (1911) homonym, which concerns a clearly different species. No reliable reports by sponge biologists are known to support a Mediterranean occurrence of this species.
2. Reniera spinosella Row, 1911: 317 (type locality Suez, Northern Red Sea). As remarked above, the genus Reniera Schmidt, 1862 is a junior synonym of Haliclona Grant, 1841, employed as a subgenus Haliclona (Reniera), but the species is accepted as Haliclona spinosella, without subgenus assignment. Nevertheless there are many small differences with Thiele’s spinosella, in the shape, the skeletal structure and the shape and size of the oxeas. On that basis the two spinosella species are clearly different. The present species is a junior primary homonym and needs to be replaced (ICZN Art. 57.2).
93.3. Summary of Proposed Actions.
Haliclona spinosella (Thiele, 1905) as senior primary homonym is to be maintained (ICZN Art. 57.2).
Haliclona spinosella (Row, 1911) is a junior primary homonym and needed to be renamed (ICZN Art. 60.1). No obvious synonyms are currently known, thus Haliclona rowi nom.nov. was proposed, named after Harold Row, to remove the homonymy. [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. (2025). World Porifera Database. Haliclona rowi Van Soest & Hooper, 2020. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=1424299 on 2025-05-11
Date
action
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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): 55 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Reniera spinosella Row, 1911) Row, R.W.H. (1911). Reports on the Marine Biology of the Sudanese Red Sea, from Collections made by Cyril Crossland, M.A., B.Sc., F.Z.S. XIX. Report on the Sponges collected by Mr. Cyril Crossland in 1904-5. Part II. Non-Calcarea. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society. Zoology.</em> 31 (208): 287-400, pls 35-41.
page(s): 317-318 [details]
additional source (of Reniera spinosella Row, 1911) Burton, M. (1926). Cambridge Expedition to the Suez canal, III. Report on the sponges. <em>Transactions of the Zoological Society.</em> 22: 71-83. [details]
additional source (of Reniera spinosella Row, 1911) 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): 55 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source (of Haliclona spinosella (Row, 1911)) 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): 55 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 55 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Reniera spinosella Row, 1911) Row, R.W.H. (1911). Reports on the Marine Biology of the Sudanese Red Sea, from Collections made by Cyril Crossland, M.A., B.Sc., F.Z.S. XIX. Report on the Sponges collected by Mr. Cyril Crossland in 1904-5. Part II. Non-Calcarea. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society. Zoology.</em> 31 (208): 287-400, pls 35-41.
page(s): 317-318 [details]
additional source (of Reniera spinosella Row, 1911) Burton, M. (1926). Cambridge Expedition to the Suez canal, III. Report on the sponges. <em>Transactions of the Zoological Society.</em> 22: 71-83. [details]
additional source (of Reniera spinosella Row, 1911) 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): 55 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source (of Haliclona spinosella (Row, 1911)) 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): 55 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature We cite here Van Soest et al.'s (2020: 54-55) explanation for the nomen novum.Removal of homonymy between Haliclona spinosella (Thiele, 1905) and Haliclona spinosella (Row, 1911).
1. Reniera spinosella Thiele, 1905: 459 (type locality Punta Arenas, Chile). The genus Reniera Schmidt, 1862: 72 is a junior synonym of Haliclona Grant, 1841, employed as a subgenus Haliclona (Reniera), but the species is accepted as Haliclona spinosella, without subgenus assignment. The species was erroneously reported to occur in the Mediterranean by Streftaris et al. (2005), presumably because of Row’s (1911) homonym, which concerns a clearly different species. No reliable reports by sponge biologists are known to support a Mediterranean occurrence of this species.
2. Reniera spinosella Row, 1911: 317 (type locality Suez, Northern Red Sea). As remarked above, the genus Reniera Schmidt, 1862 is a junior synonym of Haliclona Grant, 1841, employed as a subgenus Haliclona (Reniera), but the species is accepted as Haliclona spinosella, without subgenus assignment. Nevertheless there are many small differences with Thiele’s spinosella, in the shape, the skeletal structure and the shape and size of the oxeas. On that basis the two spinosella species are clearly different. The present species is a junior primary homonym and needs to be replaced (ICZN Art. 57.2).
93.3. Summary of Proposed Actions.
Haliclona spinosella (Thiele, 1905) as senior primary homonym is to be maintained (ICZN Art. 57.2).
Haliclona spinosella (Row, 1911) is a junior primary homonym and needed to be renamed (ICZN Art. 60.1). No obvious synonyms are currently known, thus Haliclona rowi nom.nov. was proposed, named after Harold Row, to remove the homonymy. [details]
