WoRMS name details
Spirastrella purpurea tuberosa Vosmaer, 1911
1610263 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1610263)
unaccepted (unavailable name)
Subspecies
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Vosmaer, G.C.J. (1911). The Porifera of the <i>Siboga</i>-expedition: 2. The genus <i>Spirastrella</i>. <i><i>Siboga</i>-Expeditie: uitkomsten op zoölogisch, botanisch, oceanographisch en geologisch gebied verzameld in Nederlandsch Oost-Indië 1899-1900 aan boord H.M. <i>Siboga</i> onder commando van Luitenant ter Zee 1e kl. G.F. Tydeman</i>, VIa(1). E.J. Brill: Leyden, The Netherlands. 69, plates I-XIV pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 26 [details]
page(s): 26 [details]
Taxonomy Vosmaer (1911, pp. 26-27) describing and discussing the Spirastrella specimens collected by the Siboga Expedition took it...
Taxonomy Vosmaer (1911, pp. 26-27) describing and discussing the Spirastrella specimens collected by the Siboga Expedition took it upon himself to revise all species assigned to Spirastrella known at the time. He arrived at an unprecedented conclusion that about 30 species, from all parts of the world oceans, in his opinion belonged to a single species Spirastrella pupurea (Lamarck, 1815 as Alcyonium) (currently Spheciospongia purpurea). He acknowledged the variability of this 'species' by erecting 7 tropi (single term: tropus), an infraspecific taxonomic unit that is not recognized by current rules of the ICZN (cf. art. 45.6). The Aphia database has no taxon category 'tropus', so we can only use a trinomen at the level of 'subspecies' to catalogue these taxa). Vosmaer expressly refuted the use of 'variety' or 'forma' for his tropi. Moreover, these tropus names are also junior synonyms of the eldest names of the species assigned to the tropi by Vosmaer, Since the ICZN does not recognize tropi, the names of Vosmaer are unavailable and we will list them only for completeness sake. [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. Spirastrella purpurea tuberosa Vosmaer, 1911. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1610263 on 2025-04-05
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Vosmaer, G.C.J. (1911). The Porifera of the <i>Siboga</i>-expedition: 2. The genus <i>Spirastrella</i>. <i><i>Siboga</i>-Expeditie: uitkomsten op zoölogisch, botanisch, oceanographisch en geologisch gebied verzameld in Nederlandsch Oost-Indië 1899-1900 aan boord H.M. <i>Siboga</i> onder commando van Luitenant ter Zee 1e kl. G.F. Tydeman</i>, VIa(1). E.J. Brill: Leyden, The Netherlands. 69, plates I-XIV pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 26 [details]
page(s): 26 [details]
From editor or global species database
Synonymy The tropus 'tuberosa' was assigned three taxa by Vosmaer (1911: 27), Spirastrella cunctatrix Schmidt, 1868, Spirastrella papillosa Ridley & Dendy, 1886 and Spirastrella insignis Thiele, 1898, The first of the three should replace the name 'tuberosa' as it is the eldest. We link the present taxon name to Spirastrella cunctatrix but the name 'tuberosa' is unavailable. [details]Taxonomy Vosmaer (1911, pp. 26-27) describing and discussing the Spirastrella specimens collected by the Siboga Expedition took it upon himself to revise all species assigned to Spirastrella known at the time. He arrived at an unprecedented conclusion that about 30 species, from all parts of the world oceans, in his opinion belonged to a single species Spirastrella pupurea (Lamarck, 1815 as Alcyonium) (currently Spheciospongia purpurea). He acknowledged the variability of this 'species' by erecting 7 tropi (single term: tropus), an infraspecific taxonomic unit that is not recognized by current rules of the ICZN (cf. art. 45.6). The Aphia database has no taxon category 'tropus', so we can only use a trinomen at the level of 'subspecies' to catalogue these taxa). Vosmaer expressly refuted the use of 'variety' or 'forma' for his tropi. Moreover, these tropus names are also junior synonyms of the eldest names of the species assigned to the tropi by Vosmaer, Since the ICZN does not recognize tropi, the names of Vosmaer are unavailable and we will list them only for completeness sake. [details]
