Geodia variospiculosa var. typica Von Lendenfeld, 1910

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Geodia variospiculosa var. typica Von Lendenfeld, 1910

Geodia variospiculosa var. typica Von Lendenfeld, 1910: 69 (no illustration).

The variety was erected by Von Lendenfeld for the original specimen described by Thiele from Yogashima, Japan, approximate coordinates 34.75°N 137.06°E (collected by D̂derlein). When Thiele created the var. clavigera , he implicitly erected a nominotypical variety for the Yogashima material, and this has to be named the same as the species, i.e. Geodia variospiculosa var. variospiculosa (ICZN art. 47.1). Von Lendenfeld’s var. typica is a junior synonym of that variety. As proposed above, both are to be merged with the species Geodia variospiculosa Thiele, 1898 .