Porifera name details
Spongia equina cerebriformis var. obscura Hyatt, 1877
397258 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:397258)
unaccepted (unavailable name)
Variety
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hyatt, A. (1877). Revision of the North American Poriferae; with Remarks upon Foreign Species. Part II. <em>Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 481-554, pls XV-XVII.
page(s): 521-522; pl XVI fig 29 [details]
page(s): 521-522; pl XVI fig 29 [details]
Type locality contained in Bahamian
type locality contained in Bahamian [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. Spongia equina cerebriformis var. obscura Hyatt, 1877. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=397258 on 2025-05-01
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Hyatt, A. (1877). Revision of the North American Poriferae; with Remarks upon Foreign Species. Part II. <em>Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 481-554, pls XV-XVII.
page(s): 521-522; pl XVI fig 29 [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): 24 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 521-522; pl XVI fig 29 [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): 24 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Validity Hyatt’s Spongia equina cerebriformis var. obscura is not an available name (as it has a fourth name, ICZN art. 45.5), and elevation in rank as Wiedenmayer and Van Soest have attempted is similarly invalid (ICZN art. 45.5.1). Since the synonyms listed by Wiedenmayer do not contain an available species name, I assign Wiedenmayer’s material from Nassau, Bahamas and Key West, Florida to Spongia (Spongia) obscura Wiedenmayer, 1977 (allowed under ICZN art. 45.5.1), with dried holotype USNM 30097, fieldnr. O651 (depicted in Wiedenmayer 1977: pl. 2 fig.3), locality W of Andros Island, Bahamas, approximate coordinates 24.21°N 78.04°W, depth 2 m. Unavailable names of several Hyatt (1877) varieties of S. e. subsp. cerebriformis (divisa, mexicana, plana and typica, q.v.) are also attributable to this species. [details]
