Taxonomy of Oceanapia Norman, 1869 (Demospongiae: Haplosclerida: Phloeodictyidae) from the Brazilian coast
Author
Neto, Carlos Santos
Author
Nascimento, Elielton
Author
Cavalcanti, Thaynã
Author
Pinheiro, Ulisses
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Zootaxa
2018
2018-08-02
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Oceanapia topsenti
nom. nov.
Phloeodictyon medium
Topsent, 1928
: p. 321–322, pl. II, fig. 18, pl. X, fig. 27 (Azores).
Oceanapia media
;
Burton 1956
: p. 142 (genus transfer).
Not
Oceanapia media
(
Thiele, 1899
)
(a valid species).
Remarks.
Thiele (1899)
described
Rhizochalina media
from
Indonesia
.
Topsent (1928)
described a new species from the Azores as
Phloeodictyon medium
, the species was transferred to
Oceanapia
by
Burton (1956)
. When
Van Soest (1980)
proposed
Rhizochalina
as synonym of
Oceanapia
, he induced the homonymy between these species. According to the International Code of Zoological Name (
ICZN 1999: 52.2
) the name of the species
Oceanapia media
(
Topsent, 1928
)
should be rejected.
Oceanapia topsenti
nom. nov.
is herein proposed as a replacement name for
Oceanapia media
(
Topsent, 1928
)
homonymy of
Oceanapia media
(
Thiele, 1899
)
.
Etymology.
Named after Emile Topsent, who designated the species name.