Porifera name details
Leuconia johnstonii var. australiensis Carter, 1886
740464 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:740464)
unaccepted (genus transfer, status change and junior synonym)
Variety
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Carter, H.J. (1886). Descriptions of Sponges from the Neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads, South Australia, continued. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 18: 34-55, 126-149.
page(s): 133-134 [details]
page(s): 133-134 [details]
Type locality contained in Bassian
type locality contained in Bassian [details]
Homonymy The variety was described by Carter from Port Phillip Heads in South Australia (Bassian ecoregion), approximate coordinates...
Homonymy The variety was described by Carter from Port Phillip Heads in South Australia (Bassian ecoregion), approximate coordinates 38°S 144.9°E, depth not given (syntypes BMNH 1887.7.12.28 (wet) and 72 (dried), fide Hooper & Wiedenmayer, 1994: 453). Carter (1886c) described three Leuconia species with a variety australiensis: L. fistulosa var. australiensis on p. 127, L. nivea var. australiensis on p. 131, and L. johnstonii var. australiensis on p. 133. According to ICZN art. 57.2 these three are primary homonyms, of which the names L. nivea var.
australiensis and L. johnstonii var. australiensis are junior homonyms that are permanently invalid, except if they meet the conditions of a nomen protectum under ICZN art. 23.9. The conditions of ICZN art. 23.9 do not seem to
be met, so it is proposed here to replace the original name by Paraleucilla bassensis nom.nov., named after its locality near Bass Strait. Hooper & Wiedenmayer (1994: 453) assigned the present variety to the synonymy of Leucilla saccharata (Haeckel, 1872: 241), but it was transferred to Paraleucilla by Borojevic et al. (2000: 240), so the species is currently named Paraleucilla saccharata with P. bassensis as junior synonym. [details]
australiensis and L. johnstonii var. australiensis are junior homonyms that are permanently invalid, except if they meet the conditions of a nomen protectum under ICZN art. 23.9. The conditions of ICZN art. 23.9 do not seem to
be met, so it is proposed here to replace the original name by Paraleucilla bassensis nom.nov., named after its locality near Bass Strait. Hooper & Wiedenmayer (1994: 453) assigned the present variety to the synonymy of Leucilla saccharata (Haeckel, 1872: 241), but it was transferred to Paraleucilla by Borojevic et al. (2000: 240), so the species is currently named Paraleucilla saccharata with P. bassensis as junior synonym. [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. Leuconia johnstonii var. australiensis Carter, 1886. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=740464 on 2025-04-04
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original description
Carter, H.J. (1886). Descriptions of Sponges from the Neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads, South Australia, continued. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 18: 34-55, 126-149.
page(s): 133-134 [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): 95 [details] Available for editors
[request]
new combination reference Dendy, A.; Row, R.W.H. (1913). The Classification and Phylogeny of the Calcareous Sponges, with a Reference List of all the described Species, systematically arranged. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 3: 704-813. [details]
page(s): 133-134 [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): 95 [details] Available for editors
[request]new combination reference Dendy, A.; Row, R.W.H. (1913). The Classification and Phylogeny of the Calcareous Sponges, with a Reference List of all the described Species, systematically arranged. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 3: 704-813. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype BMNH 1887.7.12.28 & 72, geounit Bassian [details]
From editor or global species database
Homonymy The variety was described by Carter from Port Phillip Heads in South Australia (Bassian ecoregion), approximate coordinates 38°S 144.9°E, depth not given (syntypes BMNH 1887.7.12.28 (wet) and 72 (dried), fide Hooper & Wiedenmayer, 1994: 453). Carter (1886c) described three Leuconia species with a variety australiensis: L. fistulosa var. australiensis on p. 127, L. nivea var. australiensis on p. 131, and L. johnstonii var. australiensis on p. 133. According to ICZN art. 57.2 these three are primary homonyms, of which the names L. nivea var.australiensis and L. johnstonii var. australiensis are junior homonyms that are permanently invalid, except if they meet the conditions of a nomen protectum under ICZN art. 23.9. The conditions of ICZN art. 23.9 do not seem to
be met, so it is proposed here to replace the original name by Paraleucilla bassensis nom.nov., named after its locality near Bass Strait. Hooper & Wiedenmayer (1994: 453) assigned the present variety to the synonymy of Leucilla saccharata (Haeckel, 1872: 241), but it was transferred to Paraleucilla by Borojevic et al. (2000: 240), so the species is currently named Paraleucilla saccharata with P. bassensis as junior synonym. [details]
