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Halichondria albescens sensu Johnston, 1842

132580  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132580)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Porifera (Phylum)
  4. Demospongiae (Class)
  5. Heteroscleromorpha (Subclass)
  6. Suberitida (Order)
  7. Halichondriidae (Family)
  8. Halichondria (Genus)
  9. Halichondria albescens (Species)
uncertain
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Johnston, G. (1842). A History of British Sponges and Lithophytes. (W.H. Lizars: Edinburgh). i-xii, 1-264, pls I-XXV., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35290582
page(s): 198 [details] OpenAccess publication
Taxonomy Incertae sedis. Halichondria? or perhaps Amphilectus close to A. fucorum, suggested by Johnston himself. This is a junior...  
Taxonomy Incertae sedis. Halichondria? or perhaps Amphilectus close to A. fucorum, suggested by Johnston himself. This is a junior secondary homonym of Halichondria albescens (Rafinesque, 1818, as Spongia), which is a junior synonym of H. (H.) panicea. [details]
de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Halichondria albescens sensu Johnston, 1842. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=132580 on 2025-06-01
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
van Soest, Rob W.M.
2007-09-06 12:12:57Z
changed
van Soest, Rob W.M.
2017-09-08 13:09:24Z
changed
van Soest, Rob W.M.

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Nomenclature

original description Johnston, G. (1842). A History of British Sponges and Lithophytes. (W.H. Lizars: Edinburgh). i-xii, 1-264, pls I-XXV., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35290582
page(s): 198 [details] OpenAccess publication

Other

additional source Topsent, E. (1932). Remarques sur des Eponges de l'estuaire de la Rance. Bulletin du Laboratoire maritime du Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Saint-Servan. 8: 1-7.
page(s): 2 & 3 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Ferrer Hernández, F. (1933). Sobre algunas esponjas de Marin (Galicia). Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural de Madrid. 33 (9): 347-358.
page(s): 350 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details] OpenAccess publication

 
EMODnet BathymetrySource: EMODnet Bathymetry
Countries
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Incertae sedis. Halichondria? or perhaps Amphilectus close to A. fucorum, suggested by Johnston himself. This is a junior secondary homonym of Halichondria albescens (Rafinesque, 1818, as Spongia), which is a junior synonym of H. (H.) panicea. [details]
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