Porifera name details
Aplysina mollis var. aruensis Hentschel, 1912
195768 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:195768)
unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Variety
Aplysina mollis Row, 1911 accepted as Suberea mollis (Row, 1911)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hentschel, E. (1912). Kiesel- und Hornschwämme der Aru- und Kei-Inseln. <em>Abhandlungen herausgegeben von der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 34 (3): 293-448, pls 13-21. [details] 
Type locality contained in Arafura Sea
type locality contained in Arafura Sea [details]
Status The variety was described by Hentschel from two stations of the Merton Expedition to the Aru Islands, Eastern Indonesia,...
Status The variety was described by Hentschel from two stations of the Merton Expedition to the Aru Islands, Eastern Indonesia, Stat.12, W of Mimien, 6.2985°S 134.7609°E, depth 15 m, and Stat. 13, eastern half of Sungi Barkai, 6.2946°S 134.1438°E, depth 15 m (syntypes SMF 1625 (Mimien specimens), no data on Sungi Barkai specimen(s). The differences with the typical variety, Aplysina mollis Row (1911: 376 from Aigiq Harbor, Sudan, approximate coordinates 18.28°N 38.3°E, holotype BMNH 1912.2.1.88) is minimal, only the ‘unimportant’ presence of foreign material in the fibers of the present variety was apparently reason for Hentschel to distinguish it as distinct from the holotype of Row’s Red Sea specimen. No other differences were noted by Hentschel, who emphasized the similarities between the two varieties. I propose to merge the two and recognize only a single species, to be named Suberea mollis (Row, 1911). [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. Aplysina mollis var. aruensis Hentschel, 1912. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=195768 on 2024-09-26
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Hentschel, E. (1912). Kiesel- und Hornschwämme der Aru- und Kei-Inseln. <em>Abhandlungen herausgegeben von der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 34 (3): 293-448, pls 13-21. [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): 13 [details] Available for editors
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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): 13 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype SMF 1625, geounit Arafura Sea [details]
From editor or global species database
Status The variety was described by Hentschel from two stations of the Merton Expedition to the Aru Islands, Eastern Indonesia, Stat.12, W of Mimien, 6.2985°S 134.7609°E, depth 15 m, and Stat. 13, eastern half of Sungi Barkai, 6.2946°S 134.1438°E, depth 15 m (syntypes SMF 1625 (Mimien specimens), no data on Sungi Barkai specimen(s). The differences with the typical variety, Aplysina mollis Row (1911: 376 from Aigiq Harbor, Sudan, approximate coordinates 18.28°N 38.3°E, holotype BMNH 1912.2.1.88) is minimal, only the ‘unimportant’ presence of foreign material in the fibers of the present variety was apparently reason for Hentschel to distinguish it as distinct from the holotype of Row’s Red Sea specimen. No other differences were noted by Hentschel, who emphasized the similarities between the two varieties. I propose to merge the two and recognize only a single species, to be named Suberea mollis (Row, 1911). [details]
