WoRMS name details
Auletta lyrata var. crassispiculata Dendy, 1905
1305094 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1305094)
unaccepted (junior synonym)
Variety
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Dendy, A. (1905). Report on the sponges collected by Professor Herdman,at Ceylon, in 1902. <em>In: Herdman, W.A. (Ed.), Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar. 3 (Supplement 18). (Royal Society: London).</em> Pp. 57-246, pls I-XVI.
page(s): 195 [details]
page(s): 195 [details]
Holotype BMNH 1907.2.1.84, geounit South India and Sri...
Holotype BMNH 1907.2.1.84, geounit South India and Sri Lanka [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. Auletta lyrata var. crassispiculata Dendy, 1905. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1305094 on 2025-04-27
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Nomenclature
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Dendy, A. (1905). Report on the sponges collected by Professor Herdman,at Ceylon, in 1902. <em>In: Herdman, W.A. (Ed.), Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar. 3 (Supplement 18). (Royal Society: London).</em> Pp. 57-246, pls I-XVI.
page(s): 195 [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): 52 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 195 [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): 52 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype BMNH 1907.2.1.84, geounit South India and Sri Lanka [details]
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Synonymy The variety was described by Dendy from Gulf of Mannar, Sri Lanka, approximate coordinates 9°N 79°. Dendy mentioned three specimens, two from shallow water in the Gulf of Mannar, one from deep water off Galle, but the Natural History Museum online catalogue lists only a single holotype specimen (wet), BMNH 1907.2.1.84. The variety is very casually described: “loosely bushy specimens characterized mainly by the large size of the spicules”. No measurements are provided, because ‘it is almost impossible to express the differences’. The variety has not been recognized subsequently. In view of the indistinctness Van Soest (2024: 52) proposed to consider it a junior synonym of Auletta lyrata (Esper, 1806), but it cannot be excluded that it belongs to Auletta aurantiaca Dendy, 1889. [details]
