Porifera name details
Racodiscula sceptrellifera var. siliquariae Annandale, 1911
408628 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:408628)
unaccepted (junior synonym)
Variety
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Annandale, N. (1911). Some sponges associated with gregarious molluscs of the family Vermetidae. <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 6 (2): 47-55. [details] 
Holotype ZSI-M ZEV4652, geounit Eastern India
Holotype ZSI-M ZEV4652, geounit Eastern 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. (2024). World Porifera Database. Racodiscula sceptrellifera var. siliquariae Annandale, 1911. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=408628 on 2024-10-31
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Annandale, N. (1911). Some sponges associated with gregarious molluscs of the family Vermetidae. <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 6 (2): 47-55. [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): 59 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Pattanayak, J.G. (2009). Catalogue of extant marine Porifera type specimens in the Zoological Survey of India. <em>Records of the Zoological Survey Occasional Papers.</em> 309: 1-219 + 139 plates.
page(s): 12 [details] Available for editors [request]
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): 59 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Pattanayak, J.G. (2009). Catalogue of extant marine Porifera type specimens in the Zoological Survey of India. <em>Records of the Zoological Survey Occasional Papers.</em> 309: 1-219 + 139 plates.
page(s): 12 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype ZSI-M ZEV4652, geounit Eastern India [details]
From editor or global species database
Synonymy The variety was described by Annandale from materials collected by the trawler ‘Golden Crown’ in the Bay of Bengal, from off Gopalpur (Ganjam district) to off Vizagapatam, N of Chennai, East India, approximate coordinates 19.37°–17.68° / 84.99°–83.33°E, depth 27–54 m. The dried type specimen growing on a vermetid shell of the genus Spiroglyphus is kept in the collections of the Zoological Survey of India, ZSI, Kolkata, ZEV4652 (Pattanayak 2009: 12). The specimen was severely damaged during collection. What was left resembled the variety spiroglyphi (q.v.) although most of the upper surface and the microscleres were scraped-off. Nevertheless, there were a few discotriaenes, monaxones and amphiasters as loose spicules in the desma skeleton. Annandale described likely asexual buds nested among the desmas. The typical variety was described by Carter (1881: 372 from the Gulf of Mannaar, approximate coordinates 9.13°N 79.14°E, type material from the Liverpool Museum was destroyed during WWII, but there are slides in the Natural History Museum labeled with the name Discodermia sceptrellifera). The basis for distinguishing the variety as a separate taxon is largely the occurrence on a vermetid host species of the genus Siliquaria, different from the next variety discussed, R.s. var. spiroglyphi, which appears better preserved. Van Soest proposed to merge the present variety with the variety spiroglyphi Annandale, 1911, to be named Racodiscula spiroglyphi Annandale, 1911 (q.v.), based on page priority, being the first mentioned variety. [details]
