Halichondria bowerbanki var. stellifera Breton, Girard & Lagardère, 1995

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Halichondria bowerbanki var. stellifera Breton, Girard & Lagardère, 1995

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Halichondria bowerbanki var. stellifera Breton, Girard & Lagardère, 1995: 15 , fig. 9.

The variety was described by Breton et al. from Le Havre, France, approximate coordinates 49.483°N 0.1°E, depth 2 m (material kept in the Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle du Havre and in the Laboratoire de Biologie Marine in Concarneau, Bretagne, France). Since it was described after 1960 it is an unavailable name (ICZN art. 15.2). It appears to be an encrusting form of the common North Atlantic species Halichondria (Halichondria) bowerbanki Burton, 1930b .

Figures

FIGURE 8. A. Cliona argus var. laevicollis Thiele, 1898: pl. VIII fig. 15, B. Spirastrella decumbens var. Ridley & Dendy, 1887: pl. XLV fig. 12, C–D. Spirastrella digitata Hentschel, 1909, C. habitus pl. XXII fig. 7, D. spicules text-fig. 18, E. Spirastrella vagabunda var. arabica Topsent, 1893: fig. 1, F. Suberites inconstans var. digitata Dendy, 1887: pl. IX fig. 2, G. Suberites inconstans var. globosa Dendy, 1887: pl. IX fig. 1, H. Suberites inconstans var. maeandrina Dendy, 1887: pl. X fig. 1, I. Hymedesmia unistellata var. aspera Topsent, 1904: pl. XII fig. 7, J. Timea crassa; sensu Lévi, 1952: fig. 10, K. Timea hallezi var. crassa; sensu Lévi, 1952: fig. 9, L. Aaptos niger Hoshino, 1981b: pl. II fig. 5, M. Halichondria bowerbanki var. stellifera Breton, Girard & Lagardère, 1995: fig. 9, N. Hymeniacidon kerguelensis var. capensis Hentschel, 1914: pl. VIII fig. 8, O. Pellina longispicula f. tahanrohensis Czerniavsky, 1880: pl. II (VI) figs. 15b-c, P. Pseudosuberites hyalinus var. compacta Hentschel, 1914: pl. IV fig. 1.