WoRMS name details
Psammopemma durissimum var. grisea Hentschel, 1912
557298 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:557298)
unaccepted (genus transfer and status change)
Variety
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hentschel, E. (1912). Kiesel- und Hornschwämme der Aru- und Kei-Inseln. <em>Abhandlungen herausgegeben von der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 34 (3): 293-448, pls 13-21. [details] 
Status The variety was described by Hentschel from the Jin Island, Aru Islands, Indonesia, 6.8502°S 134.6919°E, (7 syntype...
Status The variety was described by Hentschel from the Jin Island, Aru Islands, Indonesia, 6.8502°S 134.6919°E, (7 syntype fragments SMF 908) and from Karang, Aru Islands, 7.0167°S 134.6765°E, depths not reported (3 syntype fragments, SMF 1577). No previous authors have discussed this variety, other than two listings of Hooper et al. (2000) and Barnich & Janussen (2006). The habitus consists of flat plates with lobate or finger-shaped projections on the upper sides. Surface smooth. Skeleton of sand grains. The typical variety for this was assumed to be Pseudoceratina durissima Carter (1885: 204, from Port Phillips Heads, Victoria, approximate coordinates 38.15°S 144.8667°E, holotype BMNH 1883.4.12.48), but the description of the present variety is very different and not likely that of a member of Pseudoceratinidae (cf. Bergquist & Cook 2002: 1087). No mention is made by Hentschel of the peculiar fibers and characteristic pigment change from dull yellow to dark purple of P. durissima. Hooper et al.’s (2000) listing as Pseudoceratina thus appears wrong. The description reminds of Lamellodysidea Cook & Bergquist, 2002: 1064, but without re-examination this remains unproven. Clearly, the material cannot be assigned to Pseudoceratina durissima, and thus the variety becomes a separate taxon of the species group for the time being to be named Psammoclema griseum (Hentschel, 1912) because Psammopemma Marshall, 1880 is a junior synonym of Psammoclema Marshall, 1880: 109. Its identity remains a taxon inquirendum. [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. Psammopemma durissimum var. grisea Hentschel, 1912. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=557298 on 2024-04-23
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original description
Hentschel, E. (1912). Kiesel- und Hornschwämme der Aru- und Kei-Inseln. <em>Abhandlungen herausgegeben von der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 34 (3): 293-448, pls 13-21. [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): 73 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Barnich, R.; Janussen, D. 2006. Type catalogue of the Porifera in the collections of the Senckenberg-Museum in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Senckenbergiana biologica 86 (2): 127-144.
page(s): 134 [details] Available for editors [request]
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): 73 [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Barnich, R.; Janussen, D. 2006. Type catalogue of the Porifera in the collections of the Senckenberg-Museum in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Senckenbergiana biologica 86 (2): 127-144.
page(s): 134 [details] Available for editors
[request] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Status The variety was described by Hentschel from the Jin Island, Aru Islands, Indonesia, 6.8502°S 134.6919°E, (7 syntype fragments SMF 908) and from Karang, Aru Islands, 7.0167°S 134.6765°E, depths not reported (3 syntype fragments, SMF 1577). No previous authors have discussed this variety, other than two listings of Hooper et al. (2000) and Barnich & Janussen (2006). The habitus consists of flat plates with lobate or finger-shaped projections on the upper sides. Surface smooth. Skeleton of sand grains. The typical variety for this was assumed to be Pseudoceratina durissima Carter (1885: 204, from Port Phillips Heads, Victoria, approximate coordinates 38.15°S 144.8667°E, holotype BMNH 1883.4.12.48), but the description of the present variety is very different and not likely that of a member of Pseudoceratinidae (cf. Bergquist & Cook 2002: 1087). No mention is made by Hentschel of the peculiar fibers and characteristic pigment change from dull yellow to dark purple of P. durissima. Hooper et al.’s (2000) listing as Pseudoceratina thus appears wrong. The description reminds of Lamellodysidea Cook & Bergquist, 2002: 1064, but without re-examination this remains unproven. Clearly, the material cannot be assigned to Pseudoceratina durissima, and thus the variety becomes a separate taxon of the species group for the time being to be named Psammoclema griseum (Hentschel, 1912) because Psammopemma Marshall, 1880 is a junior synonym of Psammoclema Marshall, 1880: 109. Its identity remains a taxon inquirendum. [details]
