Spongia decooki

Taxonavigation

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

Spongia decooki Van Soest & Hooper, 2020: 21 [nomen substitutum]

Holotype: NMNZ PO.000438 (=SDCC/NZ035), collected on 4 January 1993.
Type locality: “Maori Island, Leigh Harbour entrance, 36°17.7'S, 174°49.0'E, 20 m”.

Spongia cristata Cook & Bergquist, 2001: 42 [preoccupied by Spongia cristata Ellis & Solander, 1786]
- Holotype: NMNZ PO.000438 (=SDCC/NZ035), collected on 4 January 1993.
- Type locality: “Maori Island, Leigh Harbour entrance, 36°17.7'S, 174°49.0'E, 20 m”.

Cook, S. de C. & Bergquist, P.R. 2001. New species of Spongia (Porifera: Demospongiae: Dictyoceratida) from New Zealand, and a proposed subgeneric structure. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 35(1): 33–58. DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2001.9516977 Reference page.
Van Soest, R.W.M., Hooper, J.N.A. & Butler, P.J. 2020. Every sponge its own name: removing Porifera homonyms. Zootaxa 4745(1): 1–93. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4745.1.1 Reference page.