Latrunculia biformis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poecilosclerida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Phylum: Porifera Classis: Demospongiae Subclassis: Heteroscleromorpha Ordo: Poecilosclerida

Familia: Latrunculiidae
Genus: Latrunculia
Subgenus: Latrunculia (Aciculatrunculia)
Species: Latrunculia biformis

Name

Latrunculia biformis Kirkpatrick, 1908

• Holotype: BMNH 1908.2.5.70 (microscope slide 1908.2.5.70a), collected by National Antarctic Expedition 1901–04, HMS Discovery.
• Type locality: “Winter Quarters, Ross Sea, Antarctica, 18–27 m”.

Combinations

• Latrunculia apicalis var. biformis Kirkpatrick, 1908: 14 [original combination]
• Latrunculia biformis — Boury-Esnault & Van Beveren, 1984: 44 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]
• Latrunculia (Latrunculia) biformis — Samaai, Gibbons & Kelly, 2006, 2006: 19 [subsequent combination, subgenus]
• Latrunculia (Aciculatrunculia) biformis — Sim-Smith, Janussen, Ríos, Macpherson & Kelly, 2022: 101 [subsequent combination, subgenus]

References

Primary references

• Kirkpatrick, R. 1908. Porifera (Sponges). II. Tetraxonida, Dendy. National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904 Natural History. 4, Zoology: 1–56, pls VIII–XXVI.
• Samaai, T., Gibbons, M.J., Kelly, M. & Davies-Coleman, M. 2003. South African Latrunculiidae (Porifera: Demospongiae: Poecilosclerid): descriptions of new species of Latrunculia du Bocage, Strongylodesma Lévi, and Tsitsikamma Samaai & Kelly. Zootaxa 371(1): 1–26. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.371.1.1 Reference page. 
• Samaai, T., Gibbons, M.J. & Kelly, M. 2006. Revision of the genus Latrunculia du Bocage, 1869 (Porifera: Demospongiae: Latrunculiidae) with descriptions of new species from New Caledonia and the Northeastern Pacific. Zootaxa 1127(1): 1–71. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1127.1.1 Reference page. 
• Sim-Smith, C., Janussen, D., Ríos, P., Macpherson, D. & Kelly, M. 2022. The Marine Biota of New Zealand: A review of New Zealand and Antarctic latrunculid sponges with new taxa and new systematic arrangements within family Latrunculiidae (Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida). NIWA Biodiversity Memoir 134: 1–144. PDF Reference page.