African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Haliclona (Haliclona) simulans (Johnston, 1842)

AfReMaS taxon details

Haliclona (Haliclona) simulans (Johnston, 1842)

Haliclona (Haliclona) simulans

AphiaID

132858 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132858)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Haliclona (Haliclona) Grant, 1836

Original name

Halichondria simulans Johnston, 1842

Synonymised names

Adocia simulans (Johnston, 1842) · unaccepted (genus transfer)

Halichondria simulans Johnston, 1842 · alternative representation (genus transfer)

Haliclona simulans (Johnston, 1842) · alternative representation (subgenus assignment)

Reniera simulans (Johnston, 1842) · unaccepted (genus transfer)

Siphonochalina crassa Topsent, 1925 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Halichondria simulans Johnston, 1842) 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 [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. Haliclona (Haliclona) simulans (Johnston, 1842). Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=132858 on 2026-01-20

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Haliclona (Haliclona) simulans (Johnston, 1842). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=132858 on 2026-01-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2005-07-29 17:01:58Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-02-08 08:02:12Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2006-12-23 20:41:19Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2008-07-07 17:19:50Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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original description (of Halichondria simulans Johnston, 1842) 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 [details]

original description (of Siphonochalina crassa Topsent, 1925) Topsent, E. (1925). Etude des Spongiaires du Golfe de Naples. Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale. 63(5): 623-725, pl. VIII.
page(s): 713-715; fig 27 [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]

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS)
note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors

additional source Calcinai, B.; Moratti, V.; Martinelli, M.; Bavestrello, G.; Taviani, M. (2013). Uncommon sponges associated with deep coral bank and maerl habitats in the Strait of Sicily (Mediterranean Sea). Italian Journal of Zoology. 80(3): 412-423., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/11250003.2013.786763
page(s): 4 [details] Available for editors

additional source Le Mao, P.; Godet, L.; Fournier, J.; Desroy, D.; Gentil, F.; Thiébaud, E.; Poutinet, L.; Cabioch, L: Retière, C.; Chambers, P. (2020). Atlas de la faune marine invertébrée du golfe Normano-Breton Volume 5 - Autres espèces -. Éditions de la Station biologique de Roscoff, ISBN 82951802971. 308 pp. , available online at http://hal-02490465
page(s): 49 [details] Available for editors

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland (from synonym Haliclona simulans (Johnston, 1842))
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes) (from synonym Haliclona simulans (Johnston, 1842))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Reniera simulans (Johnston, 1842))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Halichondria simulans Johnston, 1842)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Haliclona simulans (Johnston, 1842))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Haliclona simulans) (from synonym Haliclona simulans (Johnston, 1842))
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Haliclona simulans (Johnston, 1842))
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Halichondria simulans Johnston, 1842)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Adocia simulans (Johnston, 1842))
To PESI (from synonym Halichondria simulans Johnston, 1842)
To PESI (from synonym Siphonochalina crassa Topsent, 1925)
To PESI (from synonym Haliclona simulans (Johnston, 1842))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record) (from synonym Haliclona simulans (Johnston, 1842))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record) (from synonym Adocia simulans (Johnston, 1842))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (2 records) (from synonym Siphonochalina crassa Topsent, 1925)

From editor or global species database

Haliclona (Haliclona) simulans

Haliclona (Haliclona) simulans (Johnston, 1842) Ireland