Spongelia dubia var. excavata Hyatt, 1877

Van Soest, Rob W. M., 2024, Correcting sponge names: nomenclatural update of lower taxa level Porifera, Zootaxa 5398 (1), pp. 1-122 : 18-19

Spongelia dubia var. excavata Hyatt, 1877

( Figs. 2B–C )

Spongelia dubia var. excavata Hyatt, 1877: 535 , pl. 17 figs. 10–11.

Despite the photos of two specimens of this variety the description is still unrecognizable and moreover there were three specimens collected from distant localities, Florida, approx. coord. 26.495915°N 82.725098°W (MCZ PORa-7358) and Southern California, approx. coord. 24.187607°N 110.361339°W (MCZ PORa-7131 and 7188), making it likely that they are not conspecific. I propose to assign them for the time being to the combination Dysidea excavata ( Hyatt, 1877) as a taxon inquirendum.

Figures

FIGURE 2. A. Spongia dubia Hyatt, 1877: pl. 17 fig. 9, B–C. Spongelia dubia var. excavata Hyatt, 1877: pl. 17 figs. 10–11, D. Spongelia spinosa Hyatt, 1877: pl. 16 fig. 32, E. Leiosella compacta Von Lendenfeld, 1889: pl. 13 fig. 7, F–H, Spongia (Spongia) obscura Wiedenmayer, 1977, F. habitus in situ pl. 3 fig. 1, G. dried habitus, pl. 3 fig. 2, H. skeleton pl. 3 fig. 3, I. Cacospongia linteiformis sensu Topsent, 1933: pl. I fig. 8, J. Spongia linteiformis Esper, 1797: pl. LVIII, figs. 1–2.