Dysidea hirciniformis (Carter 1885) sensu Dendy 1924
- Dataset
- Description of two new species of Dysidea (Porifera, Demospongiae, Dictyoceratida Dysideidae) from Tauranga Harbour, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Porifera
- class
- Demospongiae
- order
- Dictyoceratida
- family
- Dysideidae
- genus
- Dysidea
- species
- Dysidea hirciniformis
description
Without histological examination of the original specimens and comparison with Dendy’s material, it is impossible to say with certainty whether the name hirciniformis is valid for the North Cape specimens: Dendy (1924: 384) indicated that there were differences. Despite the disjunct distribution, the likelihood of conspecificity of North Cape specimens with a South Australian species is moderate, as there are several clear precedents including Polymastia cf. massalis Carter, 1886 (in Kelly-Borges & Bergquist 1997), Tethya bergquistae Hooper in Hooper & Wiedenmayer, 1994 (in Bergquist & Kelly-Borges 1991), and Chondropsis kirkii (Bowerbank, 1841), Crella incrustans (Carter, 1885 b), Callyspongia ramosa (Gray, 1843), Callyspongia cf. annulata (Ridley & Dendy, 1886), and Dactylia varia (Gray, 1843) (in Kelly & Herr 2018).