Spongia peddemorsi

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Spongiidae
Genus: Spongia
Subgenus: Spongia (Heterofibria)
Species: Spongia peddemorsi

Name

Spongia peddemorsi Samaai, Pillay & Janson, 2020: 149 [nomen substitutum]

• Holotype: SAMC–A24791, collected by T. Samaai on 5 November 2003.
• Type locality: “Gotham reef, Sodwana Bay (27.4916°S, 32.7022°E), South Africa, depth 34 m”.

Synonyms

• Spongia cooki Samaai, Pillay & Janson, 2019: 69 [preoccupied by Spongia vermiculata cookii Hyatt, 1877]
  • Holotype: SAMC–A24791, collected by T. Samaai on 5 November 2003.
  • Type locality: “Gotham reef, Sodwana Bay (27.4916°S, 32.7022°E), South Africa, depth 34 m”.

References

Primary references

• Samaai, T., Pillay, R. & Janson, L. 2019. Shallow-water Demospongiae (Porifera) from Sodwana Bay, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa. Zootaxa 4587(1): 1–85. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4587.1.1 Reference page. 
• Samaai, T., Pillay, R. & Janson, L. 2020. Suggestion of Spongia (Heterofibria) peddemorsi as replacement name for Spongia (Heterofibria) cooki Samaai, Pillay & Janson, 2019. Zootaxa 4728(1): 149–149. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4728.1.9 Reference page. 

Links

• Spongia peddemorsi in the World Register of Marine Species