Deep-Sea name details
Leucosolenia blanca var. bathybia Poléjaeff, 1883
195476 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:195476)
unaccepted (genus transfer and status change)
Variety
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Poléjaeff, N. (1883). Report on the Calcarea dredged by H.M.S.'Challenger' during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. 'Challenger', 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 8 (2): 1-76, pl. I-IX., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-24/README.htm [details] 
Type locality contained in Azores Canaries Madeira
type locality contained in Azores Canaries Madeira [details]
Status The variety was described by Poléjaeff from off the Azores, Challenger Exped. Stat. 75, 38.6167°N 28,5°W, depth 823 m...
Status The variety was described by Poléjaeff from off the Azores, Challenger Exped. Stat. 75, 38.6167°N 28,5°W, depth 823 m (type material not identified, presumably kept in BMNH). Miklucho-Maclay (1868: 222, pl. IV figs. 1–9, pl. V figs. 10–20) described Clathrina blanca (as Guancha) from the intertidal zone of Arrecife, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, approximate coordinates 28,5°N 16.6667°W (type material not identified). One of the features distinguishing the present variety from the typical variety is the size of the specimens, up to 28 mm against less than 10 mm in the typical variety. Miklucho-Maclay’s specimens appear rather different from Poléjaeff’s description and according to Miklucho-Maclay its spicules are equiangular-equiactinal. Poléjaeff stated that the basal and paired actines differ in size (basal 1.2–1.5 x paired) and are thus parasagittal. However, parasagittal spicules are clearly also illustrated by Miklucho-Maclay (pl. V fig. 11) (also confirmed by Von Lendenfeld 1891: 219 and Imesek et al. 2014: 24, fig. 2d), so this cannot be considered a difference. Von Lendenfeld (1891: 218, pl. VIII fig. 3) considered the present variety as conspecific with the typical variety, but he only had Adriatic material. Topsent (1936: 9–14, as Leucosolenia) discussed various individuals, shapes, and spicules, and a.o. erected an additional variety (q.v.). Burton (1930; 1963) also classed Miklucho-Maclay’s Guancha blanca as different from Poléjaeff’s Clathrina blanca var. bathybia, but assigned it to the synonymy of the Australian Clathrina macleayi (Von Lendenfeld, 1885 as Ascetta). This latter synonymy is not likely as blanca and bathybia are both from the North Atlantic. Possibly, both varieties are conspecific, but in view of the depth range and shape differences it is prudent to keep them as distinct for the time being. Accordingly, I propose to elevate the variety to the rank of species as Clathrina bathybia (Poléjaeff, 1883). [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. (2024). World Porifera Database. Leucosolenia blanca var. bathybia Poléjaeff, 1883. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=195476 on 2024-11-02
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Leucosolenia blanca var. bathybia Poléjaeff, 1883. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=195476 on 2024-11-02
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Poléjaeff, N. (1883). Report on the Calcarea dredged by H.M.S.'Challenger' during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. 'Challenger', 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 8 (2): 1-76, pl. I-IX., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-24/README.htm [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): 92 [details] Available for editors
additional source Topsent, E. (1892). Contribution à l'étude des Spongiaires de l'Atlantique Nord (Golfe de Gascogne, Terre-Neuve, Açores). <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco.</em> 2: 1-165, pls I-XI.
page(s): 22; note: Misapplication [details]
source of synonymy Burton, M. (1930). The Porifera of the Siboga Expedition. III. Calcarea.<i>In</i>: Weber, M. (Ed.), Siboga-Expeditie. Uitkomsten op zoologisch,botanisch, oceanographisch en geologisch gebied verzameld in Nederlandsch Oost-lndië 1899-1900 aan boord H.M. Siboga onder commando van Luitenant ter zee 1e kl. G. F. Tydeman. III (Monographie VIa2). 1-18.
page(s): 14 [details] Available for editors
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): 92 [details] Available for editors
additional source Topsent, E. (1892). Contribution à l'étude des Spongiaires de l'Atlantique Nord (Golfe de Gascogne, Terre-Neuve, Açores). <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco.</em> 2: 1-165, pls I-XI.
page(s): 22; note: Misapplication [details]
source of synonymy Burton, M. (1930). The Porifera of the Siboga Expedition. III. Calcarea.<i>In</i>: Weber, M. (Ed.), Siboga-Expeditie. Uitkomsten op zoologisch,botanisch, oceanographisch en geologisch gebied verzameld in Nederlandsch Oost-lndië 1899-1900 aan boord H.M. Siboga onder commando van Luitenant ter zee 1e kl. G. F. Tydeman. III (Monographie VIa2). 1-18.
page(s): 14 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Status The variety was described by Poléjaeff from off the Azores, Challenger Exped. Stat. 75, 38.6167°N 28,5°W, depth 823 m (type material not identified, presumably kept in BMNH). Miklucho-Maclay (1868: 222, pl. IV figs. 1–9, pl. V figs. 10–20) described Clathrina blanca (as Guancha) from the intertidal zone of Arrecife, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, approximate coordinates 28,5°N 16.6667°W (type material not identified). One of the features distinguishing the present variety from the typical variety is the size of the specimens, up to 28 mm against less than 10 mm in the typical variety. Miklucho-Maclay’s specimens appear rather different from Poléjaeff’s description and according to Miklucho-Maclay its spicules are equiangular-equiactinal. Poléjaeff stated that the basal and paired actines differ in size (basal 1.2–1.5 x paired) and are thus parasagittal. However, parasagittal spicules are clearly also illustrated by Miklucho-Maclay (pl. V fig. 11) (also confirmed by Von Lendenfeld 1891: 219 and Imesek et al. 2014: 24, fig. 2d), so this cannot be considered a difference. Von Lendenfeld (1891: 218, pl. VIII fig. 3) considered the present variety as conspecific with the typical variety, but he only had Adriatic material. Topsent (1936: 9–14, as Leucosolenia) discussed various individuals, shapes, and spicules, and a.o. erected an additional variety (q.v.). Burton (1930; 1963) also classed Miklucho-Maclay’s Guancha blanca as different from Poléjaeff’s Clathrina blanca var. bathybia, but assigned it to the synonymy of the Australian Clathrina macleayi (Von Lendenfeld, 1885 as Ascetta). This latter synonymy is not likely as blanca and bathybia are both from the North Atlantic. Possibly, both varieties are conspecific, but in view of the depth range and shape differences it is prudent to keep them as distinct for the time being. Accordingly, I propose to elevate the variety to the rank of species as Clathrina bathybia (Poléjaeff, 1883). [details]
