MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Halichondria johnstonia Bowerbank in Johnston, 1842

Porifera name details

Halichondria johnstonia Bowerbank in Johnston, 1842

AphiaID

132611 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132611)

Classification

Status

alternative representation (genus transfer)

Accepted name

Pachymatisma johnstonia (Bowerbank in Johnston, 1842)

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Pachymatisma Bowerbank in Johnston, 1842

Parent

Halichondria Fleming, 1828

Original name

Halichondria johnstonia Bowerbank in Johnston, 1842

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

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): 198-202 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Celtic Seas

type locality contained in Celtic Seas [details]

Taxonomic citation

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 johnstonia Bowerbank in Johnston, 1842. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=132611 on 2025-05-28

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2006-06-21 06:59:08Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2007-09-08 14:05:10Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

[taxonomic tree]

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): 198-202 [details]

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]