Leucandra regina var. regularis Brøndsted, 1927

Van Soest, Rob W. M., 2024, Correcting sponge names: nomenclatural update of lower taxa level Porifera, Zootaxa 5398 (1), pp. 1-122 : 95

Leucandra regina var. regularis Brøndsted, 1927

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Leucandra regina var. regularis Brøndsted, 1927b: 316 , fig. 12.

The variety was described by Brøndsted from Slipper Island, North Eastern New Zealand, approximate coordinates 37.05°S 175.94°E, depth at low tide (type material not identified, presumably in ZMUC). The variety was distinguished from the typical variety, also described by Brøndsted (1927b: 315, fig. 11 from New Zealand, from two localities, Three Kings Islands, approximate coordinates 34.2°S 172.1°E, depth 119 m, and from Queen Charlotte Sound, approximate coordinates 41.1°S 174.3°E, depth 5–18 m, type material not identified, presumably in ZMUC) in the shape and size of the triactines (equiangular equiactinal in var. regularis , with sizes up to 1000 x 100 µm, equiangular but inequiactinal in the typical variety, with sizes only up to 650 x 50 µm), and in the size and arrangement of small diactines (both in the ectosomal region and in the canal walls and smaller (only 30–40 µm) in the var. regularis , only in the ectosomal region, and longer (up to 40–50 µm). The differences may be significant and in view of the sympatric occurrence at different depths in the north of New Zealand I propose to elevate the var. regularis to a distinct species Leucandra regularis Brøndsted, 1927b .

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FIGURE 10. A. Suberites microstomus var. stellatus Kirkpatrick, 1908: pl. XV figs. 10, 13, B. Suberites rugosa Kim & Sim, 2021: fig. 7, C. Suberites tortuosa var. austral Cuartas, 1986: fig. 14, D. Leucosolenia blanca var. bathybia Poléjaeff, 1883: pl. I fig. 2, E. Leucosolenia blanca var. brevicaulis Topsent, 1936: fig. 4, F. Grantia ciliata var. spinispiculum; Carter, 1884: pl. VIII, G–I. Leucandra donnani var. tenuiradiata Dendy, 1916, G–H. habitus pl. I figs. 4a–b, I. spicules pl. II figs. 9a–d, J. Leucandra gossei var. mahonica Topsent, 1937b: fig. 1, K. Leucandra regina var. regularis Brøndsted, 1927b: fig. 12.