Biemna thomasi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Biemnida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Parazoa Phylum: Porifera Classis: Demospongiae Subclassis: Heteroscleromorpha Ordo: Biemnida

Familia: Biemnidae
Genus: Biemna
Species: Biemna thomasi

Name

Biemna thomasi Cavalcanti, Santos Neto & Pinheiro, 2019: 393 [replacement name]

• Holotype: CMFRI S-75, collected on 3 January 1966.
• Type locality: “Tuticorin [=Thoothukudi]”, Gulf of Mannar, Tamil Nadu, India.

Synonyms

• Biemna microstyla Thomas, 1984: 95 [preoccupied by Biemna microstyla de Laubenfels, 1950]
  • Holotype: CMFRI S-75, collected on 3 January 1966.
  • Type locality: “Tuticorin [=Thoothukudi]”, Gulf of Mannar, Tamil Nadu, India.

References

Primary references

• Thomas, P.A. 1984. Sponges collected aboard R.V. 'Skipjack' from the southeast coast of India. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India 26(1): 95–102.
• Cavalcanti, T., Santos Neto, C. & Pinheiro, U. 2018. New records of Biemna Gray, 1867 (Biemnidae: Biemnida: Demospongiae) and a replacement name for the species Biemna microstyla Thomas, 1984. Zootaxa 4433(2): 393–396. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4433.2.12 Reference page. 

Links

• Biemna thomasi in the World Register of Marine Species