African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Haliclona nigra (Burton, 1929)

AfReMaS taxon details

Haliclona nigra (Burton, 1929)

AphiaID

166417 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:166417)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Haliclona Grant, 1841

Original name

Reniera nigra Burton, 1929

Synonymised names

Reniera nigra Burton, 1929 · unaccepted (genus transfer)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Reniera nigra Burton, 1929) Burton, M. (1929). Porifera. In: T. Monod (ed.) Faune des Colonies Françaises. Tome III. Contribution à l'étude de la faune du Cameroun. 2e Partie. Pp. 65-71, Figs 1-6.
page(s): 70-71 [details] Available for editors

Type data

Type locality contained in Gulf of Guinea Central

type locality contained in Gulf of Guinea Central [from synonym] [view taxon] [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 nigra (Burton, 1929). 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=166417 on 2026-08-24

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 nigra (Burton, 1929). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=166417 on 2026-08-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-07-10 18:05:41Z

created

db_admin

2008-07-21 10:15:51Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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original description (of Reniera nigra Burton, 1929) Burton, M. (1929). Porifera. In: T. Monod (ed.) Faune des Colonies Françaises. Tome III. Contribution à l'étude de la faune du Cameroun. 2e Partie. Pp. 65-71, Figs 1-6.
page(s): 70-71 [details] Available for editors

additional source Burton, M. (1956). The sponges of West Africa. Atlantide Report (Scientific Results of the Danish Expedition to the Coasts of Tropical West Africa, 1945-1946, Copenhagen). 4: 111-147.
page(s): 142 [details] Available for editors

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

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