Toxochalina multiformis Pulitzer-Finali, 1986

Van Soest, Rob W. M., 2024, Correcting sponge names: nomenclatural update of lower taxa level Porifera, Zootaxa 5398 (1), pp. 1-122 : 47

Toxochalina multiformis Pulitzer-Finali, 1986

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Toxochalina multiformis Pulitzer-Finali, 1986: 175 , fig. 84.

Currently, Toxochalina Ridley (1884: 402) is considered a subgenus of Callyspongia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 (see e.g. Desqueyroux-Faúndez & Valentine, 2002a: 844). The present combination, described by Pulitzer-Finali from La Parguera, Puerto Rico, approximate coordinates 17.9494°N 66.9069°W, depth 2 m (holotype MSNG 47710), is a junior secondary homonym of Ceraochalina multiformis Von Lendenfeld (1887: 783) , as this was reassigned to the genus Callyspongia by Burton (1934a: 607) (followed by Hooper & Wiedenmayer 1994: 98). Von Lendenfeld described six varieties of C. multiformis , the first of which, var. maeandra , is here chosen as the nominotypical variety to be named Ceraochalina multiformis var. multiformis (cf. ICZN art. 47.1), described from Port Chalmers, New Zealand, approximate coordinates 45.825°S 170.6083°E (dried holotype BMNH 1886.8.27.426, fide Hooper & Wiedenmayer, 1994: 98). Despite the fact that C. multiformis Von Lendenfeld is currently considered a junior synonym of Callyspongia (Callyspongia) nuda ( Ridley, 1884: 395) , cf. Van Soest et al. 2020: 38, the junior name must be replaced as both senior and junior name belong to the same genus (ICZN art. 59.1). I propose Callyspongia (Toxochalina) gustavoi nom.nov., named after Gustavo Pulitzer-Finali.

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FIGURE 4. A–B. Haliclona digitata Tanita & Hoshino, 1989, A. habitus pl. 15 fig. 5, B. skeleton text–fig. 97, C. Isodictya simulans var. incrustans Carter, 1887: pl. 6 fig. 2, D–G. Petrosia testudinaria var. fistulophora Wilson, 1925, D–F. habitus pl. 40 fig. 5, pl. 41 figs. 1–2, G. spicules pl. 48 fig. 8, H. Petrosia truncata var. aruensis Hentschel, 1912: pl. XXI fig. 51, I. Protoschmidtia foraminosa f. aurantiaca Czerniavsky, 1880: pl. I (V) figs. 6–7, J. Reniera informis var. taurica Czerniavsky, 1880: pl. I (V) fig. 5a, K. Reniera palmata var. taurica Czerniavsky, 1880: pl. I (V) figs. 1, L. Toxochalina multiformis Pulitzer- Finali, 1986: fig. 84.