Suggestion of Spongia (Heterofibria) peddemorsi as replacement name for <br />Spongia (Heterofibria) cooki Samaai, Pillay amp; Janson, 2019

Toufiek Samaai; Ruwen Pillay; Liesl Janson

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4728.1.9

Suggestion of Spongia (Heterofibria) peddemorsi as replacement name for <br />Spongia (Heterofibria) cooki Samaai, Pillay amp; Janson, 2019

Zootaxa. 2020 Jan 21;4728(1):zootaxa.4728.1.9. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4728.1.9.

Authors

Toufiek Samaai¹, Ruwen Pillay, Liesl Janson

Affiliation

¹ Department of Environmental Affairs, Oceans Coasts Branch, Oceans and Coasts Research Chief Directorate, Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research Directorate, Private Bag X2, Roggebaai, 8012, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. 2Faculty of Science, Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Private Bag X3, Rondebosch, 7701, Cape Town, South Africa. Department of Biodiversity and Conservation, University of the Western Cape, Private Bag X17, Bellville 7535, Cape Town, South Africa.. tsamaai@environment.gov.za.

PMID: 32230590
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4728.1.9

Abstract

Rob Van Soest (pers. communication) remarked that Spongia (Heterofibria) cooki Samaai, Pillay Janson, 2019 is a junior primary homonym of Spongia vermiculata cookii Hyatt, 1877, now accepted as Spongia (Spongia) cookii Hyatt, 1877. Following the ICZN (art. 57.2, art. 58.14 [regarding -ii and -i], ICZN 1999) the published species name (Samaai et al. 2019) is unavailable and we now suggest replacing the name with Spongia (Heterofibria) peddemorsi following art. 60, ICZN (1999). The holotype is deposited into the collection at the Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town, SAM-A24791, for further collection data see Samaai et al. 2019.

Keywords: Porifera.

MeSH terms

Animals
Porifera*
South Africa