WoRMS taxon details
Halichondria (Halichondria) contorta (Sarà, 1961)
165809 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:165809)
accepted
Species
Halichondria contorta (Sarà, 1961) · alternative representation (subgenus assignment)
Topsentia contorta Sarà, 1961 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Topsentia contorta Sarà, 1961) Sarà, M. (1961). La fauna di Poriferi delle grotte delle isole Tremiti. Studio ecologico e sistematico. <em>Archivio zoologico italiano.</em> 46: 1-59,pls I-II.
page(s): 42-43; fig 7 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 42-43; fig 7 [details] Available for editors
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Type locality contained in Adriatic Sea
type locality contained in Adriatic Sea [from synonym] [view taxon] [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.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2026). World Porifera Database. Halichondria (Halichondria) contorta (Sarà, 1961). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=165809 on 2026-03-25
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Topsentia contorta Sarà, 1961) Sarà, M. (1961). La fauna di Poriferi delle grotte delle isole Tremiti. Studio ecologico e sistematico. <em>Archivio zoologico italiano.</em> 46: 1-59,pls I-II.
page(s): 42-43; fig 7 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 42-43; fig 7 [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Gözcelioğlu, B.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Alvarez, B.; Konuklugil, B. (2015). New species of sponges (Porifera, Demospongiae) from the Turkish coast. <em>Turkish Journal of Zoology.</em> 39: 555-559., available online at https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1312-40
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additional source Roveta, C.; Marrocco, T.; Calcinai, B.; Pulido Mantas, T.; Pica, D.; Valisano, L.; Puce, S. (2022). Unravelling the sponge diversity of the Tuscan Archipelago National Park (Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy). <em>The European Zoological Journal.</em> 89(1): 310-323., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/24750263.2022.2042406
page(s): 314 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 556 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Roveta, C.; Marrocco, T.; Calcinai, B.; Pulido Mantas, T.; Pica, D.; Valisano, L.; Puce, S. (2022). Unravelling the sponge diversity of the Tuscan Archipelago National Park (Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy). <em>The European Zoological Journal.</em> 89(1): 310-323., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/24750263.2022.2042406
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Halichondria contorta (Sarà, 1961))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Topsentia contorta Sarà, 1961)
To PESI (from synonym Topsentia contorta Sarà, 1961)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Halichondria contorta (Sarà, 1961))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Topsentia contorta Sarà, 1961)
To PESI (from synonym Topsentia contorta Sarà, 1961)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Halichondria contorta (Sarà, 1961))
