Callyspongia rigida Desqueyroux-Faúndez, 1984

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Callyspongia rigida Desqueyroux-Faúndez, 1984

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Callyspongia rigida Desqueyroux-Faúndez, 1984: 810 , figs, 25, 182-188.

This combination, described by Desqueyroux-Faúndez from Passe de Boulari, New Caledonia, approximate coordinates 22.35°S 166.4333°E, depth 30 m (holotype MHNG 978/428) is a junior secondary homonym of Euchalina rigida Von Lendenfeld (1887: 817 , no illustration) described from Port Jackson, Australia, approximate coordinates 33.85°S 151.25°E (dried holotype BMNH 1886.8.27.471) when it was transferred to genus Callyspongia Duchassaing & Michelotti (1864) by Hooper & Wiedenmayer (1994: 100). Callyspongia rigida ( Von Lendenfeld, 1887) is currently accepted, but it is here transferred to subgenus Callyspongia (Callyspongia) based on the properties of the type species of Euchalina , i.e. E. typica Von Lendenfeld (1887: 817 , pl, XVIII fig. 5, pl. XXVII fig. 24) (cf. Hooper & Wiedenmayer 1994: 88; confirmed in Desqueyroux-Faúndez & Valentine 2002a: 837). E. typica is currently a junior synonym of Callyspongia (Callyspongia) nuda ( Ridley, 1884) .The present species must be renamed because both homonyms are assigned to the same genus (ICZN art. 59.1). I propose Callyspongia (Cladochalina) desqueyrouxfaundezae nom.nov. named after Ruth Desqueyroux-Faúndez. The subgenus assignment is based on the description and illustrations showing fasciculate primary spicule fibers, characteristic for the subgenus.

Figures

FIGURE 3. A. Amorphina grossa f. latissima Czerniavsky, 1880: pl. III (VII) fig. 23a, B–E. Callyspongia rigida Desqueyroux- Faúndez, 1984, B. spicules fig. 25, C. habitus fig. 182, D– E. skeleton figs. 183–184, F. Chalinissa elongata var. tenuispicula Thum, 1903: figs. 8–9, G. Gelliodes benedeni var. fortior Topsent, 1917: pl. VI fig. 22, H. Gelliodes carnosa var. laxa Dendy, 1922: pl. 2 fig. 1, I. Gellius carduus and G. carduus var. magellanica Ridley & Dendy, 1886, Ridley & Dendy, 1887: pl. XIII figs. 6–7, J. Gellius glacialis var. nivea Ridley & Dendy, 1886, Ridley & Dendy, 1887: pl. VIII fig. 8, K. Gellius raphidiophorus Brøndsted, 1933: fig. 7, L. Sigmadocia tubuloramosus; Bergquist & Warne, 1980: pl. 9a.