Deep-Sea taxon details
Haliclona (Gellius) Gray, 1867
131922 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131922)
accepted
Subgenus
Gellius Gray, 1867 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Rhaphisia Topsent, 1892 · unaccepted
Sigmadocia Laubenfels, 1936 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Species Haliclona (Gellius) angulata (Bowerbank, 1866)
- Species Haliclona (Gellius) arcuarius (Topsent, 1913)
- Species Haliclona (Gellius) binaria (Topsent, 1927)
- Species Haliclona (Gellius) bioxeata (Boury-Esnault, Pansini & Uriz, 1994)
- Species Haliclona (Gellius) calcinea (Burton, 1954)
- Species Haliclona (Gellius) carduus (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
- Species Haliclona (Gellius) claudelevii Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
- Species Haliclona (Gellius) emilei Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
- Species Haliclona (Gellius) fibulata (Schmidt, 1862)
- Species Haliclona (Gellius) flabelliformis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
- Species Haliclona (Gellius) glacialis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
- Species Haliclona (Gellius) lacazei (Topsent, 1893)
- Species Haliclona (Gellius) laevis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
- Species Haliclona (Gellius) megastoma Burton, 1928
- Species Haliclona (Gellius) microtoxa (Lundbeck, 1902)
- Species Haliclona (Gellius) microxea (Li, 1986)
- Species Haliclona (Gellius) rudis (Topsent, 1901)
- Species Haliclona (Gellius) spongiosa Topsent, 1904
- Species Haliclona (Gellius) textapatina (de Laubenfels, 1926)
- Species Haliclona (Gellius) tylotoxa (Hentschel, 1914)
- Species Haliclona (Gellius) uncinata (Topsent, 1892)
- Species Haliclona (Gellius) varia (Bowerbank, 1875)
- Species Haliclona (Gellius) anatarius (Lévi & Lévi, 1983) accepted as Haliclona (Flagellia) anataria (Lévi & Lévi, 1983) (subgenus transfer)
- Species Haliclona (Gellius) bidens Topsent, 1901 accepted as Hemigellius bidens (Topsent, 1901) (genus transfer)
- Species Haliclona (Gellius) flagellifera (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) accepted as Haliclona (Flagellia) flagellifera (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) (subgenus transfer)
- Species Haliclona (Gellius) kerguelensis (Hentschel, 1914) accepted as Calyx kerguelensis (Hentschel, 1914) (genus transfer)
- Species Haliclona (Gellius) massa (Arnesen, 1903) accepted as Hemigellius pumiceus (Fristedt, 1885) (genus transfer)
- Species Haliclona (Gellius) pedunculata (Lévi, 1993) accepted as Haliclona (Gellius) claudelevii Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 (preoccupied)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. [details] 
(of Gellius Gray, 1867) Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. [details]
(of Gellius Gray, 1867) Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. [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.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Haliclona (Gellius) Gray, 1867. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131922 on 2026-02-18
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Haliclona (Gellius) Gray, 1867. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131922 on 2026-02-18
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original description
Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. [details]
original description (of Gellius Gray, 1867) Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. [details]
original description (of Sigmadocia Laubenfels, 1936) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1936). A Discussion of the Sponge Fauna of the Dry Tortugas in Particular and the West Indies in General, with Material for a Revision of the Families and Orders of the Porifera. <em>Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication.</em> 467 (Tortugas Laboratory Paper 30) 1-225, pls 1-22.
page(s): 69 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Rhaphisia Topsent, 1892) Topsent, E. (1892). Diagnoses d'éponges nouvelles de la Méditerranée et plus particulièrement de Banyuls. <em>Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale.</em> (2) 10 (Notes et Revue 6) xvii-xxviii.
page(s): XX [details]
basis of record De Weerdt, W.H. (2002). Family Chalinidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 852-873. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York. 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_91 [details] Available for editors
basis of record De Weerdt, W.H. (2002 [2004]). Family Chalinidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 852-873. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York. 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Gellius Gray, 1867) Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. [details]
original description (of Sigmadocia Laubenfels, 1936) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1936). A Discussion of the Sponge Fauna of the Dry Tortugas in Particular and the West Indies in General, with Material for a Revision of the Families and Orders of the Porifera. <em>Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication.</em> 467 (Tortugas Laboratory Paper 30) 1-225, pls 1-22.
page(s): 69 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Rhaphisia Topsent, 1892) Topsent, E. (1892). Diagnoses d'éponges nouvelles de la Méditerranée et plus particulièrement de Banyuls. <em>Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale.</em> (2) 10 (Notes et Revue 6) xvii-xxviii.
page(s): XX [details]
basis of record De Weerdt, W.H. (2002). Family Chalinidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 852-873. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York. 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_91 [details] Available for editors
basis of record De Weerdt, W.H. (2002 [2004]). Family Chalinidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 852-873. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York. 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | フウセンカイメン属 [from synonym]シグマカイメン属 [from synonym] | [details] |
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gellius) (from synonym Gellius Gray, 1867)
To Genbank (from synonym Sigmadocia Laubenfels, 1936)
To Genbank (from synonym Gellius Gray, 1867)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 001302.PR) (from synonym Sigmadocia Laubenfels, 1936)
To ITIS
To Genbank (from synonym Sigmadocia Laubenfels, 1936)
To Genbank (from synonym Gellius Gray, 1867)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 001302.PR) (from synonym Sigmadocia Laubenfels, 1936)
To ITIS
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