WoRMS name details
Raspailia fruticosa var. tenuiramosa Dendy, 1905
1039917 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1039917)
unaccepted (genus transfer and status change)
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): 172 [details]
page(s): 172 [details]
Holotype BMNH 1907.2.1.65, geounit South India and Sri...
Holotype BMNH 1907.2.1.65, 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. Raspailia fruticosa var. tenuiramosa Dendy, 1905. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1039917 on 2025-04-05
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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): 172 [details]
page(s): 172 [details]
Other
additional source
Dendy, A. (1916). Report on the non-Calcareous Sponges collected by Mr. James Hornell at Okhamandal in Kattiawar in 1905-6. <em>Report to the Government of Baroda on the Marine Zoology of Okhamandal in Kattiawar.</em> 2: 93-146, pls I-IV.
page(s): 130 [details]
page(s): 130 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype BMNH 1907.2.1.65, geounit South India and Sri Lanka [details]
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Synonymy The variety was described by Dendy from the Gulf of Mannar, Sri Lanka, approximate coordinates 9°N 79°E (dried holotype BMNH 1907.2.1.65). The status of the variety, and of its possible junior synonym Raspailia fruticosa var. aruensis Hentschel, 1912 from the Aru Islands, Indonesia, 6.2064°S 134.3249°E, depth 18 m (holotype SMF 984), which was transferred to Endectyon as a subspecies of E. fruticosum by Hooper (1991), is still under debate. The difference with the typical subspecies according to Dendy (1905, 1916) is apparently the more digitate, densely bushy, smaller growth form, as opposed to the more loosely branching form of the type specimens of the typical variety described by Dendy (1887: 160, pl. XII fig. 2) from Madras, Eastern India, 13.0805°N 80.3°E (syntypes BMNH 1887.8.4.7–8). Hooper (1991) did not discuss this variety, although he described Thailand specimens of Endectyon fruticosa aruensis and pointed out a few differences with the typical subspecies. Dendy himself (1916) synonymized Hentschel’s variety with the present. Sandes et al. (2019) listed all Endectyon species, including E. fruticosum and its varieties, but did not draw further conclusions about their validity. The growth form and poorly available spicule data do not make specific distinctness of the present variety (and also Hentschel’s variety) likely. Accordingly, Van Soest (2024: 49) proposed to merge these varieties with the typical variety as Endectyon (Endectyon) fruticosum (Dendy, 1887). [details]
