A checklist of marine sponges (Porifera) of peninsula India Author George, Anita M. CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa, 403 004, India & Queensland Museum, P. O. Box 3300, South Brisbane, QLD, 4101, Australia Author Van Soest, Rob W. M. Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P. O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands. rob. vansoest @ naturalis. nl; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4623 - 0093 Author Sluka, Robert D. A Rocha, 180 Piccadilly, London W 1 J 9 HF UK. bob. sluka @ arocha. org; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 5747 - 0044 Author Lazarus, S. Institute for Environmental Research & Social Education, 14 Main St, Nesamony Nagar, TN 629 001 India. lazarus. lasu @ yahoo. com Corresponding author. anitageorge 2003 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4744 - 4069 text Zootaxa 2020 2020-11-25 4885 2 277 300 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4885.2.10 1175-5326 4296516 EC1CCF10-3E5F-4815-A393-AD9CF6B93C62
TABLE 3. Details of sources on previous records of the present collections from India †Location of ‘type’ specimen; GoM—Gulf of Mannar; Gok—Gulf of Kutch
Current recordsSynonymised names and locations (Types mentioned accordingly)
(accepted names as per WPD)
Spongionella nigraSpongionella nigra Dendy, 1889 —GoM†, Megalopastas nigra Dendy, 1889 —Sri Lanka; Dendrilla nigra (Dendy, 1889) Thomas 1986 —GoM,
Lamellodysidea herbaceaDysidea herbacea (Keller, 1889) Thomas 1979, 1986 —Minicoy, Lakshadweep islands & GoM
Ircinia vallataHircinia vallata Dendy, 1887 —Chennai†
Spongia (Spongia) ceylonensisEuspongia officinalis var. ceylonensis & Spongia ceylonensis Dendy, 1905 — Sri Lanka†; Spongia officinalis var. ceylonensis (Dendy 1905) Thomas, 1979 —Minicoy, Lakshadweep islands, 1986 GoM
Hyattella intestinalisCarteriospongia clathrata Carter, 1881 —GoM; Hippospongia clathrata (Carter, 1881) Dendy, 1916 —GoK, Dendy 1905 — Sri Lanka; Hippospongia anomala (Poléjaeff, 1884) Dendy, 1905 — Sri Lanka; Hircinia clathrata (Carter 1881) Dendy, 1889 —GoM, Dendy,1887 —Chennai; Hyattella intestinalis Thomas 1986 —GoM
Hyattella cavernosaHippospongia dura Dendy, 1905 —GoM
Hyrtios erectusHeteronema erecta Thomas 1986; 1989 —GoM & Minicoy
Luffariella herdmaniAplysina herdmani, Dendy, 1905 —GoM†, Sri Lanka
Fasciospongia anomalaHircinia anomala Dendy, 1905 — Sri Lanka †; Thomas 1986 —GoM
Callyspongia (Cladochalina) subarmigeraChalina subarmigera (Ridley, 1884) Dendy, 1905 — Sri Lanka
Callyspongia (Cladochalina) diffusaPachychalina multiformis var. manaarensis Dendy, 1889 —GoM; Callyspongia ceylonica (Dendy, 1905) Thomas 1986 —GoM; Ceraochalina ceylonica & Ceraochalina retiarmata Dendy, 1905, Sri Lanka; Callyspongia diffusa (Ridley, 1884) Thomas, 1979 —Minicoy; 1986—GoM, 1996—GoK
Callyspongia (Callyspongia) clathrataChalina clathrata, Dendy, 1905 —GoM†; Thomas 1986 —GoM
Callyspongia crassifibraSiphonochalina crassifibra, Dendy, 1889 —Tuticorin†, GoM
Gelliodes incrustansGelliodes incrustans Dendy, 1905 —GoM†; Thomas 1986 —GoM
G. carnosaG. carnosa Dendy, 1889 —GoM†; Sigmadocia carnosa (Dendy, 1889) Thomas 1986 —GoM
Niphates obtusipiculiferaChalina obstusipiculifera Dendy, 1905 — Sri Lanka †; Haliclona obtusispiculifera (Dendy, 1905) Thomas 1986 —GoM
Xestospongia testudinariaAlcyonium testudinarium; Petrosia testudinaria (Lamarck, 1815) Dendy, 1889 & Tho- mas 1986—GoM; Dendy, 1905 — Sri Lanka
Biemna tubulataDesmacella tubulata Dendy, 1905 —GoM†; Dendy, 1922 —Minicoy; Toxemna tubulata (Dendy, 1905) Thomas 1986 —GoM
Stylissa carteriAcanthella carteri Dendy, 1889 —GoM† (Lectotype); Dendy, 1905 — Sri Lanka, Tho- mas 1986—GoM
Axinella ceylonensisPhakellia ceylonensis Dendy, 1905 —GoM†; Thomas 1986 —GoM
A. donnaniIsodictya donnai Bowerbank, 1873 —Pearl Banks, Sri Lanka †; 1887—Chennai; 1889—GoM; Thomas, 1970 a—GoM & Palk Bay; Phakellia donnani (Bowerbank, 1973) Dendy, 1905 — Sri Lanka; 1916—GoK
A. manusA. manus Dendy, 1905 & Thomas 1986 —GoM†
A. tenuidigitataA. tenuidigitata Dendy, 1905 — Sri Lanka † & Thomas 1986 —GoM
Dragmacidon agariciformeThrinacophora agariciformis Dendy, 1905 — Sri Lanka †; Axinella agariciformis