Porifera name details
Iophon pluricornis var. trullifera Hentschel, 1914
1459565 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1459565)
unaccepted (junior synonym)
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): 84-85 [details]
page(s): 84-85 [details]
Type locality contained in East Antarctic Wilkes Land
type locality contained in East Antarctic Wilkes Land [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. Iophon pluricornis var. trullifera Hentschel, 1914. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=1459565 on 2025-05-04
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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): 84-85 [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): 69 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 84-85 [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): 69 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Synonymy The variety was described by Hentschel from Gauss Station and its neighbourhood Antarctica, 66.0333°S 89.6333°E, depth 170–400 m (syntype ZMB 4809). It is entirely based on an alleged difference in shape of the bipocillae with that of the typical variety described by Topsent (1907: 74 from the shore of Booth-Wandel Island, Antarctic Peninsula, 65.08°S 63.99°W, type not identified, but presumably in MNHN). The latter has bipocillae with “belles dimensions” of 11 μm. Topsent’s drawing of the bipocillae is very small and of rather indistinct shape, but Hentschel (1914) still thought they were distinctly different from the bipocillae of the present variety, described and illustrated as having the “gewönliche Gestalt”. Apart from Burton (1929: 442), who synonymized all Antarctic Iophon species to a single species I. radiatum, there are no other authors who commented on the present variety. In view of the poor evidence provided by Hentschel to justify the erection of his var. trullifera (the name remains unexplained (but trulla (L.) means ‘serving spoon’ or ladle, referring obviously to the shape of the bipocillae), Van Soest (2024: 69) proposed to merge the variety with the typical variety as Iophon pluricorne Topsent, 1907. [details]
