_Spongia_ bug

[bethany-j-allen]

The genus Spongia was named by Linnaeus in 1753, and the taxonomic name information reflects this.

However, if you try to add a taxonomic opinion to this genus, the database insists that it is a subspecies belonging to Abertella alberti:

[pnovack-gottshall]

Yeah, this is a longstanding entanglement bug of unknown origin. Abertella alberti is similarly entangled with Anomites and Chitonellus. I have it on my list, and Michael had produced a list in June 2023 of more than 100 more. It seems these are caused where an original name was entered to the database, had opinions added to it, and then subsequently the name was over-written (but the original opinion entangling them remained). Fixing them will probably have to wait until PBDB 2.0 and a manual disentanglement.

For transparency, here's the list Michael identified in June 2023:

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| opinions | parent_no | parent_name | parent_spelling_no | parent_spelling_name |

+----------+-----------+--------------------------------------+--------------------+-----------------------------------------+

| 2 | 319671 | NULL | 306259 | NULL |

| 6 | 141745 | Abertella alberti | 125287 | Anomites |

| 3 | 141745 | Abertella alberti | 187017 | Chitonellus |

| 3 | 141745 | Abertella alberti | 292184 | Spongia |

| 19 | 329220 | Aculeati | 179785 | Aculeata |

| 3 | 217557 | Aegyptosuchidae | 217558 | Aegyptosuchidae |

| 1 | 397281 | Aglaspidida | 420664 | Aglaspidida |

| 2 | 69560 | Alleculites | 70649 | Alleculinae |

| 7 | 129391 | Ammonites brottianus | 333402 | Neophlycticeras brottianum |

| 1 | 146207 | Ammonites mammillatus | 146209 | Douvilleiceras mamillatum |

| 1 | 334258 | Ammonites parkinsoni | 334259 | Parkinsonia parkinsonia |

| 7 | 113763 | Amphipithecinae | 92591 | Amphipithecidae |

| 1 | 431071 | Anthracocarididae | 347244 | Anthracocaridae |

| 1 | 215404 | Aphthartus ornatus | 458423 | Liogaster ornata |

| 20 | 290032 | Araripeneurinae | 285082 | Araripeneurinae |

| 1 | 87546 | Arca brasiliana | 91365 | Scapharca brasiliana |

| 3 | 59162 | Arca carolinensis | 99218 | Dallarca carolinensis |

| 4 | 146770 | Archaeocyatha | 189980 | Archaeocyatha |

| 14 | 291097 | Archipolypoda | 294443 | Archipolypoda |

| 1 | 156287 | Architectonica tricarinata | 156288 | Arene tricarinata |

| 1 | 196540 | Architheminae | 180099 | Architemidae |

| 1 | 196540 | Architheminae | 197664 | Archithemidae |

| 8 | 196540 | Architheminae | 180097 | Archithemistidae |

| 2 | 137099 | Architipulidae | 193159 | Architipulinae |

| 2 | 57508 | Argyronetinae | 268774 | Argyronetidae |

| 3 | 467218 | Asaphus (Platyasaphus) | 379494 | Platyasaphus |

| 6 | 424011 | Aulacoceratinae | 182773 | Aulacoceratidae |

| 1 | 368946 | Axinaea veatchii | 368948 | Glycimeris veatchii |

| 1 | 64488 | Balaenoptera robusta | 64489 | Eschrichtius robusta |

| 1 | 36680 | Balaenula | 173900 | Balaena (Balaenula) |

| 20 | 114695 | Batillariinae | 59347 | Batillariidae |

| 2 | 72655 | Bellerophon lineatus | 77700 | Teutonophon lineatus |

| 19 | 255654 | Belytidae | 211437 | Belytinae |

| 1 | 283894 | Bibio curtisii | 283903 | Curtisimyia curtisii |

| 1 | 240165 | Biwaellidae | 239325 | Biwaellinae |

| 1 | 170267 | Bolitophilinae | 251421 | Bolitophilidae |

| 1 | 18704 | Bowdenia | 108198 | Cuspidaria (Bowdenia) |

| 4 | 298342 | Brachistoidae | 383157 | Brachistinae |

| 1 | 212058 | Bryopompilini | 336826 | Bryopompilidae |

| 1 | 90944 | Byssoarca zebra | 108465 | Arca (Arca) zebra |

| 1 | 9592 | Canarium | 105932 | Canarium (Canarium) |

| 1 | 86342 | Caprinae | 234359 | Bobcaprini |

| 1 | 147181 | Cardium (Ringicardium) | 145239 | Cardium (Ringicardum) |

| 1 | 140956 | Caryophyllia cupuliformis | 141429 | Deltocyathus cupuliformis |

| 2 | 177691 | Caryophyllia lacrymalis | 177692 | Cynaria lacrymalis |

| 3 | 66476 | Channiformes | 266136 | Channoidei |

| 1 | 106010 | Charonia (Sassia) | 113566 | Tritonium (Sassia) |

| 1 | 329101 | Chilognatha | 164845 | Chilognatha |

| 1 | 305430 | Chonetes radiatulus | 305431 | Chonetoidea radiatulus |

| 1 | 199891 | Cicadopsyllinae | 199892 | Cicadopsyllidae |

| 1 | 171302 | Cimoliosaurus durobrivensis | 171303 | Cimoliasaurus durobrivensis |

| 1 | 90827 | Corbula tunicata | 59861 | Corbula (Notocorbula) tunicata |

| 2 | 304009 | Cretiscalpellinae | 419939 | Cretiscalpellidae |

| 4 | 251945 | Crocodilus phosphaticus | 251946 | Dryosaurus phosphaticus |

| 1 | 286116 | Curtonotus | 388948 | Cancer (Curtonotus) |

| 1 | 163223 | Cycloidea | 163226 | Cycloidea |

| 8 | 176543 | Cydnides | 207088 | Cydninae |

| 1 | 114844 | Cypraea fabagina | 114845 | Zonaria fabagina |

| 1 | 60036 | Cypraea isabella | 91947 | Cypraea (Cypraea) isabella |

| 1 | 342283 | Cypraea sublyncoides | 342939 | Cypraea sublynchoides |

| 1 | 222858 | Dakoticancroideae | 400845 | Dakoticancroida |

| 1 | 222919 | Dataiphis | 295372 | Dataiaphis |

| 3 | 259344 | Dendrocystitidae | 387925 | Dendrocystitida |

| 3 | 8744 | Dictyotomaria | 70979 | Dictyomaria |

| 3 | 145564 | Dipoloceras (Rhytidoceras) | 145565 | Rhytidoceras |

| 2 | 250834 | Distorsio muricina | 250836 | Gutturinium muricinum |

| 53 | 471668 | Dolichometopinae | 95206 | Dolichometopidae |

| 2 | 8760 | Donaldiella | 81810 | Lophospira (Donaldiella) |

| 3 | 195006 | Dysagrioninae | 233230 | Dysagrionidae |

| 1 | 201641 | Empleurus sibiricus | 286626 | Helophorus sibiricus |

| 4 | 360985 | Emys wyomingensis | 96556 | Baptemys wyomingensis |

| 1 | 360985 | Emys wyomingensis | 96552 | Echmatemys wyomingensis |

| 2 | 175559 | Epilampridae | 395829 | Epilamprinae |

| 5 | 42976 | Eschrichtiidae | 100716 | NULL |

| 2 | 42976 | Eschrichtiidae | 63683 | Eschrichtinae |

| 1 | 231118 | Ethmiidae | 233472 | Ethmiinae |

| 1 | 43599 | Eucholoeops | 314373 | Encholoeops |

| 1 | 329239 | Euglossae | 255326 | Euglossinae |

| 2 | 9835 | Eunaticina | 157292 | Sigaretus (Eunaticina) |

| 2 | 94456 | Flexibilia | 355723 | Flexibilia |

| 1 | 369965 | Fremontia lobata | 452971 | Dictyophyllum lobata |

| 1 | 258910 | Fulgoridiinae | 70510 | Fulgoridiidae |

| 2 | 72069 | Fusilinida | 239725 | Fusulinida |

| 1 | 98438 | Geosaurus maximus | 174007 | Dacosaurus maximus |

| 1 | 8828 | Gibbula | 329562 | Turbo (Gibbula) |

| 4 | 147069 | Glycymeris canalis | 147070 | Tucetona canalis |

| 1 | 145025 | Glycymeris lloydsmithi | 147068 | Tucetona lloydsmithi |

| 15 | 93607 | Glyptodontinae | 161173 | Glyptodontini |

| 1 | 378029 | Gorgonia flabelliformis | 378228 | Dictyograptus flabelliforme |

| 2 | 328719 | Grylloides | 329194 | Grylliae |

| 1 | 423985 | Gyroceratinae | 421979 | Gyroceratidae |

| 12 | 196074 | Haglinae | 180286 | Haglinae |

| 4 | 389482 | Harpina | 56945 | Harpina |

| 1 | 58060 | Helicites aequilaterus | 58063 | Stenoloronoron aequilaterum |

| 2 | 258976 | Hemimylacrinae | 221278 | Hemimylacrinae |

| 3 | 210474 | Heteropezini | 280450 | Heteropezinae |

| 1 | 53431 | Heterosoricinae | 109636 | Heterosoricidae |

| 7 | 40337 | Insectivora | 100311 | Insectivora |

| 1 | 85216 | Irenichnites | 141621 | Ornithomimipus (Irenichnites) |

| 1 | 218715 | Isonychiidae | 220832 | Isonychiinae |

| 12 | 53253 | Kekenodontinae | 63602 | Kekenodontidae |

| 2 | 176137 | Kirkella declevita | 179524 | Ptyocephalus declevitus |

| 2 | 339351 | Laubierinoidea | 60802 | Laubierinoideae |

| 3 | 43373 | Leontiniidae | 187978 | Leontinidae |

| 1 | 151241 | Lepralia edax calcarea | 151242 | Hippoporidra calacarea |

| 3 | 103920 | Leptaena sericea | 307264 | Plectambonites sericea |

| 2 | 103921 | Leptaena sericea rhombica | 308162 | Plectambonites schmidti |

| 1 | 70754 | Lepturinae | 329172 | Lepturetae |

| 1 | 8467 | Lesueurilla | 72310 | Lesuerella |

| 1 | 253281 | Listroderina | 281861 | Listroderini |

| 2 | 459306 | Litogaster | 22517 | Liogaster |

| 1 | 173816 | Lonsdaleia timorica | 173817 | Ipciphyllum timorica |

| 4 | 308206 | Loxolophodon | 47779 | Loxalophodon |

| 1 | 146391 | Lucina soror | 146393 | Phlyctiderma soror |

| 1 | 132066 | Lytoceras (Gaudryceras) varagurense | 132063 | Lytoceras varagurense |

| 2 | 170250 | Macromiinae | 261045 | Macromiidae |

| 1 | 361458 | Macrurus toulai | 361457 | Otolithus (Macrurus) toulai |

| 1 | 412269 | Mangilia oldroydi | 412270 | Glyptaesopus oldroydi |

| 3 | 463993 | Marrellomorpha | 363475 | Marrellomorpha |

| 8 | 247806 | Marsupialia | 253690 | Marsupialia |

| 4 | 181621 | Mastotermitinae | 91839 | Mastotermitidae |

| 1 | 84870 | Megalosauropodidae | 387993 | Megalosauripodidae |

| 1 | 226560 | Melanothripinae | 235694 | Melanthripidae |

| 20 | 71455 | Melolonthidae | 70051 | Melolonthinae |

| 5 | 268883 | Micaria | 271297 | Macaria |

| 1 | 154560 | Montastrea nipponica | 155769 | Ovalastrea nipponica |

| 1 | 81535 | Murex dilectus | 156519 | Chicoreus dilectus |

| 1 | 159015 | Murex pileare | 159017 | Monoplex pileare |

| 109 | 179328 | Mylacridae | 170226 | Mylacridae |

| 2 | 401644 | Myxini | 217351 | Myxini |

| 2 | 10167 | Naticarius | 61315 | Natica (Naticarious) |

| 1 | 303574 | Nematophora | 304629 | Nematophora |

| 8 | 133878 | Nephilinae | 183348 | Nephilidae |

| 1 | 196398 | Neritopsis (Wallowiella) | 71111 | Wallowiella |

| 1 | 275497 | Nothosomus | 209414 | Nothosoma |

| 1 | 401679 | Notidani | 352988 | Notidani |

| 3 | 393693 | Nyctosauridae | 96504 | Nyctosauridae |

| 3 | 247488 | Ortheziolinae | 247489 | Ortheziolini |

| 4 | 103321 | Orthoceratidae | 122587 | Orthoceratinae |

| 1 | 61523 | Ostrea falcata | 355928 | Lopha (Arctostrea) falcata |

| 195 | 96678 | Otariina | 41335 | Otariidae |

| 1 | 83166 | Oxyrhina benedenii | 394451 | Uyenoa benedenii |

| 3 | 217795 | Pachytroctinae | 220435 | Pachytroctidae |

| 29 | 63147 | Pakicetinae | 53245 | Pakicetidae |

| 1 | 99778 | Parareptilia | 99777 | Deleteme |

| 52 | 38883 | Pelycosauria | 138244 | Pelycosauria |

| 4 | 72082 | Pemphredonidae | 179788 | Pemphredoninae |

| 2 | 14320 | Peripleurites | 252335 | Choristoceras (Peripleurites) |

| 1 | 234625 | Petaurus (Belideus) | 234632 | Belidea |

| 1 | 348028 | Phoca australis | 146935 | Arctocephalus (Arctocephalus) australis |

| 2 | 134265 | Phryganeidium | 290842 | Orthophlebia (Phryganidium) |

| 3 | 183859 | Phthiraptera | 283952 | Phthiraptera |

| 5 | 353802 | Pinnixa (Palaeopinnixa) | 66711 | Palaeopinnixa |

| 4 | 170559 | Pistosauroidea | 373023 | Pistosauroidea |

| 1 | 37831 | Pleurosauridae | 328183 | Pleurosauridae |

| 1 | 91205 | Pleurotoma (Mangilia) lissotropis | 91206 | Splendrillia lissotropis |

| 1 | 178501 | Pleurotomaria (Platyconus) incumbens | 75312 | Platyconus incumbens |

| 1 | 240115 | Pleurotomaria tenuimarginata | 75652 | Pleurotomaria tenuimarginatus |

| 2 | 146166 | Porphyria minuta | 146167 | Olivella minuta |

| 17 | 399787 | Potoridae | 234464 | Potoroinae |

| 1 | 311886 | Prognathus | 273185 | Prognatha |

| 2 | 204648 | Proscopiidea | 317462 | Proscopioidea |

| 4 | 54055 | Prothylacynidae | 54056 | Prothylacyninae |

| 1 | 220453 | Psocidus multiplex | 220451 | Psocus multiplex |

| 8 | 11596 | Pterynotus | 108431 | Murex (Pteronotus) |

| 2 | 384112 | Reptantia | 424445 | Reptantia |

| 1 | 86683 | Sagenitidae | 289885 | Sagenitinae |

| 3 | 69417 | Sagrida | 70761 | Sagrinae |

| 1 | 146923 | Scalaria magellanica | 146927 | Epitonium (Nitidiscala) magellanica |

| 2 | 129977 | Scaphites (Ammonites) nodosus | 129478 | Scaphites nodosus |

| 16 | 401112 | Sciaenoidei | 63620 | Sciaenoidei |

| 4 | 329276 | Scolitarii | 207080 | Scolytidae |

| 8 | 179228 | Sinaeschnidia heishankowensis | 179246 | Aeschnidium heishankowensis |

| 1 | 11691 | Spirotropis | 414011 | Pleurotoma (Spirotropsis) |

| 4 | 329135 | Staphyliniae | 346281 | Staphylini |

| 8 | 3338 | Stromatoporoidea | 105325 | Stromatoporoidea |

| 1 | 389405 | Stropheodonta mcmahoni | 389406 | Paromalomena mcmahoni |

| 3 | 84999 | Strophomenoidea | 123492 | Strophomenoidea |

| 1 | 62403 | Synclonema travisanus | 62405 | Syncyclonema travisanus |

| 1 | 62407 | Syncylonema travisanus | 62405 | Syncyclonema travisanus |

| 1 | 166596 | Tachyglossus bruijnii | 166597 | Proechidna bruijnii |

| 6 | 63035 | Teleostei | 63723 | Teleosti |

| 1 | 95003 | Tellina aequistriata | 102561 | Merisca aequistriata |

| 3 | 116263 | Tellina angulosa | 116264 | Eurytellina angulosa |

| 1 | 109151 | Tellina carnaria | 109152 | Strigilla carnaria |

| 1 | 168047 | Tellina fucata | 168048 | Gari (Gobraeus) furcata |

| 2 | 102552 | Tellina listeri | 102553 | Tellinella listeri |

| 1 | 91154 | Tellina nitens | 91155 | Eurytellina nitens |

| 1 | 358282 | Terebratula renierii sinuosa | 249244 | Terebratula sinuosa |

| 2 | 139602 | Terebratula wissmani | 269837 | Spirigera wissmannii |

| 2 | 70467 | Teredinae | 327809 | Teredidae |

| 13 | 133874 | Tetragnathinae | 57483 | Tetragnathidae |

| 33 | 137279 | Tetrapoda | 53190 | Tetrapoda |

| 1 | 119450 | Thamnastraea pseudarachnoides | 119452 | Fungiastraea pseudoarachnoides |

| 3 | 276198 | Thelyphonida | 367642 | Thelyphonida |

| 3 | 40543 | Tillodontia | 54503 | Tillodonta |

| 1 | 139735 | Tipulomorpha | 193148 | Tipulimorpha |

| 3 | 63118 | Tomistominae | 158099 | Tomistomidae |

| 2 | 253964 | Toxorhynchini | 253966 | Toxorhynchina |

| 1 | 419539 | Triacanthoidea | 419545 | Triacanthodoidea |

| 4 | 210579 | Triadomerinae | 358752 | Triadomerini |

| 1 | 178264 | Triarthrus caecigenus | 412062 | Triarthrus caecigena |

| 1 | 411515 | Trichopsocidae | 220299 | Trichopsocini |

| 8 | 306785 | Trigonomartinae | 281792 | Trigonomartidae |

| 2 | 135777 | Triphora (Cosmotriphora) | 135785 | Cosmotriphora |

| 7 | 239761 | Triticitinae | 239612 | Triticitidae |

| 1 | 136017 | Tritonium antiquum | 136018 | Trophon antiquus |

| 1 | 72373 | Trochilites | 104058 | Trochelites |

| 1 | 187434 | Trochus brevispina | 187435 | Lithopoma brevispina |

| 1 | 91324 | Trochus groenlandicus | 91325 | Margarites groenlandicus |

| 4 | 70801 | Tryblidioida | 65509 | Tryblidioidea |

| 1 | 76596 | Turbo armatus | 84610 | Kitikamispira armata |

| 1 | 240162 | Yangchieniidae | 237273 | Yangchieninae |

| 2 | 169933 | Zhongyuansaurus | 119679 | Zhongyuangosaurus |

+----------+-----------+--------------------------------------+--------------------+-----------------------------------------+

And my own list (some of which I fear I inadvertently caused):

1. Abertella alberti (Conrad 1842) & Spongia Linneaus 1759
2. Thecidea Defrance 1822 & Thecidium Sowerby 1823 (2006 brachiopod Treatise, p. 1957 shows Thecidium as a nomen nullem of Thecidea)
3. Rhabdocrinus Wright 1944 & Rhabdocidaris Desor 1855
   o Error was Rhabdocidaris [misspelled as Rhabdocrinus] belongs to Poteriocrinitidae' according to H. Hess and C. G. Messing 2011 : Wrong Rhabdocidaris; opinion refers to Rhabdocrinus Etheridge 1882 not Rhabdocrinus Wright 1944. See p. 223 of T2-3Rev crinoid Treatise.
4. Liogaster & Litogaster
5. Colpocaris Meek 1872 [originally Ceratiocaris (Colpocaris) Meek 1872] (taxon_no=439447?) and Colpocaris von Meyer 1862 (taxon_no=225661?)
6. Cyrtoprora A. A. Opik 1967 (mis-spelled as Cyrtopora in Sepkoski Compendium, Taxon 19792?) and Cyrtopora Hagenow 1951 (Taxon 24857)
7. Eugeniacrinus Agassiz, 1836, p. 195 & Eugeniacrinites Miller, 1821, p. 111
8. Kumbella KHODALEVICH, 1975 & Kulumbella NIKIFOROVA, 1960
9. Bellinurus Pictet, 1846 and Belinurus Bronn 1839 / Konig, 1851
10. Kellia Turton, 1822 (a bivalve) and Kelletia Fischer, 1884 (a gastropod)
11. Species Globorotalia dehiscens & subspecies Globorotalia dehiscens dehiscens

[pnovack-gottshall]

I should clarify! That large list are not all entanglements. Most are cases where a name was originally entered as a misspelling, then subsequently corrected (on the original name). So the vast majority of these are not problems in the practical sense. They're more internal inconsistencies that were fixed but left a weird fingerprint. The opinions themselves are still correct. But a few of the cases ARE true entanglements that don't work as intended (and will need to be manually debugged.)