Pellina semitubulosa var. pontica Czerniavsky 1880
- Dataset
- Rank
- VARIETY
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Porifera
- class
- Demospongiae
- order
- Haplosclerida
- family
- Chalinidae
- genus
- Pellina
materials_examined
The forma was described by Czerniavsky from Novorossijsk, Russian Black Sea coast, approximate coordinates 44.68 ° N 37.82 ° E, depth 2 – 10 m (‘ holotype’ ZIN-RAS 11428). The combination is invalid on account of having four names (ICZN art. 45.5). Pellina semitubulosa (Lamarck, 1814: 455, as Spongia) is recognized as an ill-known Mediterranean species, currently named Halichondria (Halichondria) semitubulosa (cf. Erpenbeck & Van Soest 2002: 804). The specimen of the present forma is to be assigned to that species.