WoRMS name details
Agelas mauritiana var. oxeata sensu Lévi, 1961
164834 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:164834)
unaccepted > unavailable name (ICZN art. 15.2)
Variety
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Lévi, C. (1961). Résultats scientifiques des Campagnes de la 'Calypso'. Campagne 1954 dans l'Océan Indien (suite). 2. Les spongiaires de l'Ile Aldabra. <em>Annales de l'Institut océanographique.</em> 39: 1-32, pls 1-2.
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Type locality contained in Seychelles
type locality contained in Seychelles [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. Agelas mauritiana var. oxeata sensu Lévi, 1961. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=164834 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Lévi, C. (1961). Résultats scientifiques des Campagnes de la 'Calypso'. Campagne 1954 dans l'Océan Indien (suite). 2. Les spongiaires de l'Ile Aldabra. <em>Annales de l'Institut océanographique.</em> 39: 1-32, pls 1-2.
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Validity The variety was described by Lévi from Aldabra, Seychelles, approximate coordinates 9.4°S 46.2167°E, depth 12 m (type material presumably in MNHN), differing from the typical variety, which was also reported from Aldabra by Lévi (1961), by a predominance of oxeote verticillate spicules. The typical variety, Ectyon mauritianus Carter (1883: 310, currently Agelas mauritiana) is described from Mauritius, approximate coordinates 20.1333°S 57.8°E (type slide BMNH 1954.3.9.116). The present variety was also reported from Papua New Guinea by Thomas (1998). Samaai et al. 2019 elevated the varietal combination to species level as Agelas oxeata, but they overlooked the fact that the variety was described after 1960 and elevating it to species level violates ICZN art. 15.2 and 45.6.3. Since they described their A. oxeata extensively, this is here adopted as a new species authored by them (ICZN art. 45.5.1). However, there are doubts because Lévi’s specimen was quite small 2 x 0.8 cm, wheras Samaai et al.’s specimens are large cups or vases of 55 x 40 cm. They did not examine Lévi’s specimen. It is quite possible that A. mauritiana var. oxeata sensu Lévi and A. oxeata sensu Samaai et al. are different species. Nevertheless, Van Soest (2024: 64) proposed to confirm Samaai et al.’s authorship for the time being and reassign the variety to Agelas oxeata Samaai, Pillay & Janson, 2019, with type material and type locality taken from Lévi’s specimen. [details]
