Canadian Register of Marine Species - Halichondria Fleming, 1828

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Halichondria Fleming, 1828

Halichondria panicea

AphiaID

131807 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131807)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Halichondriidae Gray, 1867

Original name

Halichondria Fleming, 1828

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Subgenus Halichondria (Eumastia) Schmidt, 1870
1. Species Halichondria (Eumastia) sitiens (Schmidt, 1870)
Subgenus Halichondria (Halichondria) Fleming, 1828
Species Halichondria bowerbanki Burton, 1930 represented as Halichondria (Halichondria) bowerbanki Burton, 1930 (subgenus assignment)
Species Halichondria panicea (Pallas, 1766) represented as Halichondria (Halichondria) panicea (Pallas, 1766) (subgenus assignment)
Species Halichondria sitiens (Schmidt, 1870) represented as Halichondria (Eumastia) sitiens (Schmidt, 1870) (subgenus assignment)

Environment

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

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Fleming, J. (1828). A history of British animals, exhibiting the descriptive characters and systematical arrangement of the genera and species of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, Mollusca, and Radiata of the United Kingdom; including the indigenous, extirpated, and extinct kinds, together with periodical and occasional visitants. Edinburgh, Bell & Bradfute / London, James Duncan. Pp. i-xxii, 1-565. corrigenda., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18569
page(s): 522 [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 Fleming, 1828. Accessed through: Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/CaRMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131807 on 2026-06-11

Regional species database citation

Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2026). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Halichondria Fleming, 1828. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/CaRMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131807 on 2026-06-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2007-01-17 11:55:56Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2018-05-24 15:16:02Z

changed

Boury-Esnault, Nicole

2020-12-16 10:32:25Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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original description Fleming, J. (1828). A history of British animals, exhibiting the descriptive characters and systematical arrangement of the genera and species of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, Mollusca, and Radiata of the United Kingdom; including the indigenous, extirpated, and extinct kinds, together with periodical and occasional visitants. Edinburgh, Bell & Bradfute / London, James Duncan. Pp. i-xxii, 1-565. corrigenda., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18569
page(s): 522 [details]

basis of record Erpenbeck, D.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002[2004]). Family Halichondriidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 787-815. In Hooper, JN. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum NY, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors

basis of record Erpenbeck, D.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Family Halichondriidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 787-816. In Hooper, JN. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum NY, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_84 [details] Available for editors

additional source Kelly, M.; Edwards, A.R.; Wilkinson, M.R.; Alvarez, B.; Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R.; Buckeridge, St J.; Campbell, H.J.; Reiswig, H.M.; Valentine, C.; Vacelet, J. (2009). Phylum Porifera: sponges. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 23-46. [details] Available for editors

additional source Goldstein, J.; Funch, P. (2022). A Review on Genus Halichondria (Demospongiae, Porifera). Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 10(9): 1312., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse10091312 [details] Available for editors

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]

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Nomenclature note The division of genus Halichondria into two subgenera, Halichondria (Halichondria) and Halichondria (Eumastia) proposed by Erpenbeck & Van Soest (2002), and so far followed here, is challenged by Turner et al. (2025) on the grounds that sequences of both type species (H.(H.) panicea and H. (E.) sitiens) end up in the same clade and that spicular differences are minor. As the ICZN allows subgenus names to be used or not, we will await further (molecular) support for species so far assigned to H. (Eumastia) being non-monophyletic, before abandoning the subgenus division. For the time being we maintain the subgenus names. [details]

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