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Callyspongia (Callyspongia) pulitzeri Van Soest & Hooper, 2020

1424323  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1424323)

accepted
Species
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): 56 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

(of Callyspongia subtilis Pulitzer-Finali, 1993) Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1993). A collection of marine sponges from East Africa. <em>Annales Museo Civico Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria".</em> 89: 247-350.
page(s): 338 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Holotype  (of Callyspongia subtilis Pulitzer-Finali,...  
Holotype (of Callyspongia subtilis Pulitzer-Finali, 1993) MSNG 48338, geounit Northern Monsoon Current Coast [details]
Nomenclature We cite here Van Soest et al.'s (2020: 55-56) explanation for the nomen novum.
Removal of homonymy between Callyspongia...  
Nomenclature We cite here Van Soest et al.'s (2020: 55-56) explanation for the nomen novum.
Removal of homonymy between Callyspongia subtilis (Schmidt, 1870) and Callyspongia subtilis Pulitzer-Finali, 1993.
1. Cacochalina subtilis Schmidt, 1870: 33 (type locality Gulf of Mexico, Florida). This species is the type (by subsequent designation in Burton 1927: 289) of the genus Cacochalina Schmidt, 1868: 37. However, in the 1868 paper Schmidt did not mention a species name along with his new genus, effectively making the name a nomen nudum. In 1870, he described two species as Cacochalina, thus fixing the genus as Cacochalina Schmidt, 1870. Several authors, including Burton (1927) and Desqueyroux-Faúndez & Valentine (2002: 838) have declared the genus and its type species incertae sedis, as Schmidt’s (1870) description is insufficient for genus recognition. There is a dried (type?) specimen in MCZ Porb-154 of Cacochalina subtilis and a type slide in BMNH 1870.5.3.135. The latter was examined by us, but previous opinions on the quality of the slide were found to be correct, as no proper description can be offered by us, other than that there are fibers with oxeas included, along with sand grains. The other species of Cacochalina described simultaneously with C. subtilis, is C. rubiginosa. This, according to the description, has thin spicules with rounded ends of 144 μm length. Although no material is known to have survived, this spicule information points in the direction of the genus Callyspongia. Rützler et al. (2009: 303) listed Callyspongia subtilis (Schmidt, 1870) as a species for the Gulf of Mexico, which is a senior secondary homonym of C. subtilis Pulitzer-Finali, 1993 (ICZN Art. 57.3).
2. Callyspongia subtilis Pulitzer-Finali, 1993: 338 (type locality North Kenya Banks, East Africa). The genus has been confirmed in the World Porifera Database, although no subgenus affiliation has so far been provided. It is likely that it belongs to the subgenus Callyspongia (designation in Van Soest et al. 2020).
3. Summary: Callyspongia subtilis (Schmidt, 1870) as senior secondary homonym is to be maintained (ICZN Art. 57.3). Its status as a valid species of Callyspongia remains to be established with certainty by re-examination of the available type material. Callyspongia (Callyspongia) subtilis Pulitzer-Finali, 1993 is a junior secondary homonym and must be renamed (ICZN Art. 60.3). To remove the homonymy, Callyspongia (Callyspongia) pulitzeri nom. nov.was proposed, named after Gustavo Pulitzer-Finali. If it would be revealed that the so far unrecognizable genus Cacochalina is not a junior synonym of Callyspongia, then subsequently the new name will become a junior synonym of Pulitzer's combination (ICZN Art. 59.4). [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. Callyspongia (Callyspongia) pulitzeri Van Soest & Hooper, 2020. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=1424323 on 2024-04-18
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2020-03-08 13:22:15Z
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2021-03-15 09:46:14Z
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2021-06-11 13:34:11Z
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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): 56 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

original description  (of Callyspongia subtilis Pulitzer-Finali, 1993) Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1993). A collection of marine sponges from East Africa. <em>Annales Museo Civico Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria".</em> 89: 247-350.
page(s): 338 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Calcinai, B.; Belfiore, G.; Pica, D.; Torsani, F.; Palma, M.; Cerrano, C. (2020). Porifera from Ponta do Ouro (Mozambique). <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 698: 1-56., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.698
page(s): 14-15 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source  (of Callyspongia subtilis Pulitzer-Finali, 1993) 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): 56 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
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Holotype (of Callyspongia subtilis Pulitzer-Finali, 1993) MSNG 48338, geounit Northern Monsoon Current Coast [details]
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature We cite here Van Soest et al.'s (2020: 55-56) explanation for the nomen novum.
Removal of homonymy between Callyspongia subtilis (Schmidt, 1870) and Callyspongia subtilis Pulitzer-Finali, 1993.
1. Cacochalina subtilis Schmidt, 1870: 33 (type locality Gulf of Mexico, Florida). This species is the type (by subsequent designation in Burton 1927: 289) of the genus Cacochalina Schmidt, 1868: 37. However, in the 1868 paper Schmidt did not mention a species name along with his new genus, effectively making the name a nomen nudum. In 1870, he described two species as Cacochalina, thus fixing the genus as Cacochalina Schmidt, 1870. Several authors, including Burton (1927) and Desqueyroux-Faúndez & Valentine (2002: 838) have declared the genus and its type species incertae sedis, as Schmidt’s (1870) description is insufficient for genus recognition. There is a dried (type?) specimen in MCZ Porb-154 of Cacochalina subtilis and a type slide in BMNH 1870.5.3.135. The latter was examined by us, but previous opinions on the quality of the slide were found to be correct, as no proper description can be offered by us, other than that there are fibers with oxeas included, along with sand grains. The other species of Cacochalina described simultaneously with C. subtilis, is C. rubiginosa. This, according to the description, has thin spicules with rounded ends of 144 μm length. Although no material is known to have survived, this spicule information points in the direction of the genus Callyspongia. Rützler et al. (2009: 303) listed Callyspongia subtilis (Schmidt, 1870) as a species for the Gulf of Mexico, which is a senior secondary homonym of C. subtilis Pulitzer-Finali, 1993 (ICZN Art. 57.3).
2. Callyspongia subtilis Pulitzer-Finali, 1993: 338 (type locality North Kenya Banks, East Africa). The genus has been confirmed in the World Porifera Database, although no subgenus affiliation has so far been provided. It is likely that it belongs to the subgenus Callyspongia (designation in Van Soest et al. 2020).
3. Summary: Callyspongia subtilis (Schmidt, 1870) as senior secondary homonym is to be maintained (ICZN Art. 57.3). Its status as a valid species of Callyspongia remains to be established with certainty by re-examination of the available type material. Callyspongia (Callyspongia) subtilis Pulitzer-Finali, 1993 is a junior secondary homonym and must be renamed (ICZN Art. 60.3). To remove the homonymy, Callyspongia (Callyspongia) pulitzeri nom. nov.was proposed, named after Gustavo Pulitzer-Finali. If it would be revealed that the so far unrecognizable genus Cacochalina is not a junior synonym of Callyspongia, then subsequently the new name will become a junior synonym of Pulitzer's combination (ICZN Art. 59.4). [details]


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