WoRMS name details
Leucandra donnani var. tenuiradiata Dendy, 1916
164304 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:164304)
unaccepted (junior synonym)
Variety
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Dendy, A. (1916). Report on the 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: 79-91, pls I-II.
page(s): 83-87 [details]
page(s): 83-87 [details]
Holotype BMNH 1925.11.1.1266, geounit Western India
Holotype BMNH 1925.11.1.1266, geounit Western India [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. Leucandra donnani var. tenuiradiata Dendy, 1916. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=164304 on 2025-04-07
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Nomenclature
original description
Dendy, A. (1916). Report on the 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: 79-91, pls I-II.
page(s): 83-87 [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): 94 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 83-87 [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): 94 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype BMNH 1925.11.1.1266, geounit Western India [details]
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Synonymy The variety was described from Dwarka, Gujarat, Okhmandal region NW India, 22.2417°N 68.95°E. no depth given [with presumed holotype BMNH 1925.11.1.1266 (R.N.IV 8, cf. Dendy 1916: 87), and with an additional four paratypes)]. The five specimens were rather different in details of shape and spicule dimensions. Still, the habitus and general spiculation of the var. tenuiradiata was similar to that of the typical variety described by Dendy (1905: 238, pl. XIII fig. 10, from Gulf the of Mannar, approximate coordinates 9°S 79°E, holotype BMNH 1907.2.1. 103). The differences are the sizes and thickness of the spicules, with Dendy (1916: 87) emphasizing the “comparatively large size of the oxeas and the comparatively smaller size of the triradiates of the chamber layer”. Given that the five Okhmandal specimens differed among themselves in the spicule dimensions, the basis for distinguishing different taxonomic units appears too thin, and accordingly Van Soest (2024: 94) proposed to unite the varieties into a single species Leucandra donnani Dendy, 1905. [details]
