Raspailia (Hymeraphiopsis) septentrionalis

Suggestion of Raspailia (Hymeraphiopsis) septentrionalis as replacement name for Raspailia (Hymeraphiopsis) fruticosa Lehnert & Stone, 2015

HELMUT LEHNERT 1,2 & ROBERT P. STONE 3

1Eichenstr. 14, 86507 Oberottmarshausen, Germany. E-mail: Lehnert@spongetaxonomics.de

2GeoBio-Center LMU München, Richard-Wagner-Str. 10, 80333München, Germany

3Auke Bay Laboratories, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, 17109 Point Lena Loop, Juneau, Alaska 99801 USA

Shortly after publication of Raspailia (Hymeraphiopsis) fruticosa Lehnert & Stone, 2015 Rob Van Soest (pers. communication) noticed that this species name is a junior primary homonym of Raspailia fruticosa Dendy, 1887, now accepted as Endectyon fruticosa. According to the ICZN the published species name is unavailable and we now suggest to replace the name with Raspailia (Hymeraphiopsis) septentrionalis (holotype deposited at the Zoologische Staatssammlung München, ZSM 20150392, collection data published in Lehnert & Stone 2015).

Etymology: from lat. septentrionalis—north, northerly— Raspailia (Hymeraphiopsis) septentrionalis occurs in the North Pacific and the only other member of the subgenus Hymeraphiopsis occurs in the Antarctic.