Spirastrella digitata Hentschel, 1909

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Spirastrella digitata Hentschel, 1909

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Spirastrella digitata Hentschel, 1909: 385 , pl. XXII fig. 7; text-fig. 18; Hooper & Wiedenmayer 1994: 372.

The species was described by Hentschel from Shark Bay, West Australia, approximate coordinates 25.7977°S 113.4396°E, 7–8 m (holotype ZMB 4487, with an unregistered type in ZMH, with a slide in BMNH). The name is a junior secondary homonym of Suberites inconstans var. digitata Dendy, 1887 (see below), as both are currently assigned to the genus Spheciospongia Marshall, 1892 . Below the species is proposed to be renamed as Spheciospongia hentscheli nom.nov.

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.