Eurypon pulitzeri, Cavalcanti & Santos & Pinheiro, 2018

Cavalcanti, Thaynã, Santos, George Garcia & Pinheiro, Ulisses, 2018, Description of three species of Eurypon Gray, 1867 (Raspailiidae: Demospongiae: Porifera) from the Western Atlantic and a name to replace the the secondary homonym Eurypon topsenti, Zootaxa 4388 (1), pp. 89-101 : 91

Eurypon pulitzeri nom. nov.

Eurypon coronula Topsent, 1936: 66 –67, fig. 12 (not Hymeraphia coronula Bowerbank, 1874: 246 –248, pl. LXXIX).

Eurypon topsenti Pulitzer-Finalli, 1983: 531 –533, fig. 50 (not Dragmatyle topsenti Burton, 1954: 235 , pl. 9, fig. 7; text-fig. 9).

Remarks. Topsent (1936) identified a specimen as Eurypon coronula ( Bowerbank, 1874) . Pulitzer-Finalli (1983) revised Topsent’s material and proposed a new species: Eurypon topsenti (from Western Mediterranean). However, when Hooper (2002) transferred Dragmatyle Topsent, 1904 to Eurypon , it was established the secondary homonym of Burton’s material (previously as Dragmatyle topsenti Burton, 1954 ). Following the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN 1999: art. 52.2), Eurypon topsenti Pulitzer-Finalli, 1983 must be rejected. Eurypon pulitzeri nom. nov. is proposed as a replacement name for Eurypon topsenti Pulitzer-Finalli, 1983 , a secondary homonym of Eurypon topsenti ( Burton, 1954) .

Etymology. Named after Gustavo Pulitzer-Finalli, who designated the species name of Topsent’s material.