Chalinissa elongata var. tenuispicula Thum, 1903

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Chalinissa elongata var. tenuispicula Thum, 1903

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Chalinissa elongata var. tenuispicula Thum, 1903: 13 , figs. 8–9.

Axinella elongata var. tenuispicula; Willenz 1994: 7.

Although Chalinissa Von Lendenfeld, 1887 is a junior synonym of Axinella Schmidt, 1862 , because Burton (1927: 502) assigned the first species of Chalinissa mentioned by Von Lendenfeld, Isodictya dissimilis Bowerbank, 1866 (= Axinella dissimilis ), as type species, the species C. elongata Von Lendenfeld (1887: 774) was reassigned by Burton as a junior synonym of Chalinissa communis Von Lendenfeld (1887: 772) , which in turn was assigned to the synonymy of Callyspongia serpentina ( Lamarck, 1814) by Hooper & Wiedenmayer (1994: 102). Thum’s var. tenuispiculata (dried holotype RBINS POR. 020) is incompletely described and no locality is mentioned, but it is possibly from Australian waters, because this author persistently cited species names from Von Lendenfeld’s ‘Chalineen des Australischen Gebietes’. The variety is stated to be similar to C. elongata but possessed smaller spicules, hence the name. Oxea length of the typical variety of Von Lendenfeld was given as 83 x 5 µm, that of Thum’s variety was not given but from his Fig. 9 I deduced they were 50–70 x 2–3 µm, a difference that hardly merits distinction. I propose to merge Thum’s variety with the typical variety and assign both to the synonymy of Callyspongia (Callyspongia) serpentina (Lamark, 1814) .

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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.

FIGURE 9. A–B. Reniera velamentosa Hansen, 1885, A. habitus pl. I fig. 10, B. spicules pl. VI fig. 3, C. Spuma borealis var. velamentosa Miklucho-Maclay, 1870: pl. II fig. 30, D. Stylocordyla borealis var. acuata Kirkpatrick, 1908: pl. XVI figs. 6–10, E. Stylocordyla borealis var. irregularis Hentschel, 1914: pl. IV fig. 2, F–G. Stylocordyla stipitata var. globosa Ridley & Dendy, 1886; Ridley & Dendy, 1887, F. habitus pl. XLIII fig. 10, G. skeleton of body text-fig. 9, H. Suberites carnosus depressus Topsent, 1900: pl. VII fig. 4, I. Suberites hirsutus; Topsent, 1928: pl. VI fig. 5, J. Suberites hirsutus sensu Johnston, 1841: pl. XVI fig. 1, K. Suberites hirsutus sensu Fleming, 1828: from Cordiner, 1788: fig. 27.